The average price per m² in Saint-Leu (Amiens) is 3 042 €/m² for an apartment, within a range of 2,5 to 3,5 k€ per m², based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. Over the period, the market rose 3 % over 5 years and fell 6,6 % over the last 12 months, with about 42 transactions per year.
Saint-Leu, the old canal district of Amiens, nicknamed the little Venice of the North.
Apartments in the Saint-Leu district, in Amiens, sell at an average price of around 3 042 €/m², based on actual recorded prices (DVF transactions, the French database of notarised property sales). Between 2 547 and 3 500 €/m² covers half of the sales, the gap depending on the floor, the aspect and the condition of the property. Five-year change: +3 %.
Prices from the DVF file (Demandes de valeurs foncières, published by the DGFiP), transactions actually recorded at the notary, aggregated at district level using the IRIS zoning of INSEE. Cross-referenced with the Notaires de France - INSEE indices. Learn more about our methodology.
After 2 961 €/m² in 2021, the average price in the Saint-Leu district of Amiens reaches 3 042 €/m² in 2026, roughly +3 % over the period.
Restaurants, cafés and terraces bring the banks of the Somme to life. The floating market and the food shops are dotted along the quays and the squares of the district.
A cinema, performance venues, boat trips along the canals and the immediate closeness of the Notre-Dame cathedral make Saint-Leu a hub for going out.
Faculties, university services and town-centre facilities are close by, in a central and very well connected area.
The Saint-Leu district, in Amiens. Google Maps.
Saint-Leu is the historic district of Amiens, born in the Middle Ages on the banks and arms of the Somme, north of the cathedral. From the thirteenth century, quays were laid out along the canals and the district took in the water trades: weavers, dyers, tanners and millers, whose mills turned with the current. At the end of the fifteenth century, the sayette weaving industry, driven out of Arras, settled there. This density of small canals, spanned by bridges, earned the district its nickname of the little Venice of the North.
Over the centuries, Saint-Leu has kept a picturesque fabric of low houses of cob, timber and brick, some of them painted, along narrow lanes. In the 1990s, a wide urban renewal scheme refurbished the district: demolition of the most run-down houses, restoration of the streets, and landscaping of the banks of the Somme with restaurants, performance venues and a cinema. The former mills, such as the Passe-avant and the Passe-arrière, bear witness to the time when there were close to twenty-five of them.
Today, Saint-Leu is one of the most sought-after areas of Amiens, at once a student district, lively in the evening, and a prized heritage address. The closeness of the university, the canals and the floating market sustains strong demand. Supply consists mainly of period apartments and small houses of character, which makes it the most expensive district in the city.
Saint-Leu attracts investors, students, young working people and heritage enthusiasts looking for a central address by the water. Demand focuses on period apartments, from the studio sought after for buy-to-let to the small house of character along the canals. Student life, the buzz of the banks of the Somme and the character of the period fabric sustain a tight market, the most expensive in Amiens.
The average price in Saint-Leu is 3 042 €/m² for an apartment (actual DVF transactions, notarised sales), within a range of 2 547 to 3 500 €/m² depending on the building, the floor and the condition.
It combines a setting found nowhere else along the canals of the Somme, a picturesque period fabric, the buzz of the waterside and the immediate closeness of the cathedral and the university. This mix of heritage and student life makes it the most prized address in the city, both to live in and to invest in.
Mainly period apartments and small houses of character along the canals and the lanes. Studios and one-bedroom flats, prized for student buy-to-let, and refurbished houses by the water are the most sought-after properties.
Yes, Saint-Leu is the most expensive district of Amiens. Its setting by the canals found nowhere else, its heritage character and the strong student and visitor demand pull prices above those of the rest of the city.
Yes. The district, central and compact, can be covered on foot towards the cathedral, the shopping centre and the university. The Ametis bus network serves it, and the Saint-Pierre park and the floating gardens can be reached on foot along the banks of the Somme.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).