The average price per m² in Auris is 3 986 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 25 transactions are recorded each year.
Auris, a mountain village of the Oisans in Isère, a family resort linked to the Alpe d'Huez ski area.
In Auris, an apartment sells on average for 3 986 €/m², a level that reflects its status as a mountain resort linked to the vast Alpe d'Huez ski area. This average mainly covers studios and one-bedroom flats in holiday residences, along with a few chalets divided into apartments, most designed for second-home use or seasonal letting. Demand comes largely from skiers and holidaymakers looking for direct access to the slopes without the crowds or the prices of the most popular resorts in the massif. The market remains small, with a limited number of transactions each year, which widens the price gaps between recent or renovated properties and older homes. Altitude, aspect and proximity to the ski lifts play an important role in a property's value, as do the general condition of the residence and whether or not it has an open view over the valley.
Prices from the DVF file (Demandes de valeurs foncières, published by the DGFiP), transactions actually recorded at the notary at municipality level. Cross-referenced with the Notaires de France - INSEE indices. Learn more about our methodology.
The Auris market remains supported by its status as a family resort linked to the vast Alpe d'Huez ski area, which continues to attract holidaymakers and second-home investors. The average price of 3 986 €/m² reflects an intermediate position between the large, highly sought-after resorts of the massif and the more affordable valley-floor villages.
The main constraint lies in the small size of the market, with a limited number of transactions each year, which can widen price swings from one sale to the next. The age of the original farming built fabric and the sometimes harder winter access to the most outlying hamlets remain points of attention for buyers.
Auris sits behind the best-known resorts of the massif, including Huez, home of Alpe d'Huez, and Les Deux Alpes, whose international profile pushes values up. The municipality stays closer to the level of Chamrousse, another resort geared towards a local family clientele.
The name Auris is thought to come from Abrias, a form recorded as early as the 11th century, whose root would evoke the idea of a sheltered place, protected by the surrounding relief. The village long lived in isolation, perched on a rocky balcony overlooking the Romanche valley, a few kilometres from Le Bourg-d'Oisans. Until the late 19th century, access was by a path cut into the cliff face, before a carriage road opened up the municipality.
The local economy once relied on demanding mountain farming, on plots that had to be cleared of stones before each planting. This activity gradually gave way to winter tourism from 1970, with the opening of a small winter sports resort later linked to the Alpe d'Huez ski area, one of the largest in the French Alps.
The municipality retains a natural setting marked by the Piégut forest, a high-altitude pine wood rising between 1400 and 1764 metres and ranking among the highest spruce forests in Europe, a scenic asset that adds to the village's charm in every season.
Auris has 189 residents, a figure that reflects the largely seasonal nature of the village's occupation. The permanent population coexists with a far larger population of second-home owners, present above all during school holidays and the ski season. Buyers generally look for a studio or a one-bedroom flat in a holiday residence, more rarely a standalone chalet, for personal use or seasonal letting. The typical profile remains that of an investor or a family already attached to the Oisans massif, who favours proximity to the slopes and the Alpe d'Huez area over year-round village life. Properties with direct access to the ski lifts or with a view over the valley stand out clearly from more outlying homes.
The average price of an apartment in Auris is around 3 986 €/m². This level reflects its status as a mountain resort linked to the Alpe d'Huez ski area, with a market made up mainly of studios and small apartments in holiday residences.
Auris lies a few kilometres from Le Bourg-d'Oisans, about an hour's drive from Grenoble and two hours from Lyon or Valence. The resort is linked by ski lifts to the Alpe d'Huez ski area, one of the largest in the French Alps.
The market is driven by winter tourism and by second-home demand tied to direct access to the ski area. The proximity of Alpe d'Huez and the mountain setting, with the Piégut forest as a backdrop, sustain the village's appeal all year round.
The supply consists mainly of studios and apartments in holiday residences, often located near the ski lifts, along with a few older chalets from the original farming built fabric. Renovated properties with a view over the Romanche valley stand out from simpler homes.
It is worth checking a property's aspect, its exact altitude and the real distance to the ski lifts, criteria that weigh heavily on value in a mountain resort. It is also useful to look into the service charges of holiday residences and the seasonality of visitor numbers.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).