The average price per m² in Beaucaire is 1 384 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. For a house or villa, it is 2 371 €/m². About 72 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Beaucaire, on the right bank of the Rhône, in the Gard department.
The average price of apartments in Beaucaire stands at 1 384 €/m², based on the transactions actually registered with notaries in the DVF database, the French record of notarised property sales. That average covers a contrasted stock: older buildings in the tight old town at the foot of the castle, stone town houses along the shopping streets, more recent homes on the edges and detached houses of the residential ring. The condition of the property, the floor level, the presence of outdoor space, proximity to the historic centre and to the Rhône-to-Sète canal make values vary from one area to another. A town on the right bank of the Rhône, facing Tarascon, Beaucaire keeps a dense older fabric inherited from its past as a great trading city, where floor areas and character remain highly variable.
House : 2 371 €/m²
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 Beaucaire market remains active for a municipality of this size, with regular transactions of apartments and houses recorded each year in the DVF data. That activity rests on local demand for main residences and on the appeal of a medium-sized town where prices remain more affordable than in the neighbouring hubs. Supply consists above all of resales in the older fabric and of detached houses in the residential ring, as the space available for new construction near the centre remains limited.
Several factors frame that price level. The proximity of Nîmes, Avignon and Arles, all less than thirty kilometres away, places Beaucaire in a broad employment area and supports demand from buyers looking for a more affordable setting. Conversely, the relative distance from the high-speed rail stations, located in neighbouring municipalities, and an old centre where part of the building stock needs works, limit the rise in prices and explain levels below those of the large towns of the area.
Beaucaire sits clearly below Nîmes, the prefecture town of the Gard, some twenty kilometres away, and below the neighbouring Provençal towns of Avignon and Arles, on the other side of the Rhône. The municipality offers more measured prices than those hubs, while staying within their immediate employment area.
Beaucaire occupies a strategic site on the right bank of the Rhône, long the border between the kingdom of France and the Empire, to which Provence on the opposite bank belonged. Its castle, whose origins go back to the 11th century, overlooks the river from an escarpment and faces that of Tarascon, on the other bank. The fortress was the scene of a siege in 1216, during the Albigensian crusade, when the town sided with the counts of Toulouse. Raymond VII, count of Toulouse, was born there in 1197.
In 1217, Raymond VI, count of Toulouse, granted the town an annual fair by letters patent, in reward for its loyalty. The Madeleine fair, held around 22 July, became one of the most important in medieval Europe and remained so until the 18th century. For several centuries it drew merchants from across the Mediterranean basin and earned Beaucaire a reputation as a great trading city, to the point of being compared with Marseille for the volume of business handled while it lasted.
The economy of the town also rested on the river and on the Rhône-to-Sète canal, whose digging, begun in 1773 by the Estates of Languedoc and completed in 1828, links Beaucaire to the Thau lagoon and then to the Canal du Midi without using the Rhône and the sea. The arrival of the railway in the 19th century diverted long-distance trade and ended its role as an international trading place. From that history the town keeps a dense old centre, its castle and a still living fair tradition.
Beaucaire has 15 692 inhabitants according to the INSEE census, the French statistics institute. Together with Tarascon on the other bank of the Rhône, the municipality forms an urban unit straddling the Gard and the Bouches-du-Rhône. A medium-sized town with an older fabric inherited from its trading past, it mixes a dense historic centre, detached-house districts and activity tied to farming, logistics and river traffic. Buyers split between households settled year-round, first-time buyers drawn by more measured prices than in the large neighbouring towns, and working households employed in Nîmes, Avignon or Arles. The town houses of the centre and the detached houses of the residential ring concentrate most of the demand.
The average price of apartments in Beaucaire is 1 384 €/m², based on the DVF transactions actually completed before notaries. That average covers wide gaps depending on location, floor level, the condition of the property, the presence of outdoor space and energy performance. A renovated home in the old centre and an older apartment further out do not trade at the same level.
The Beaucaire housing stock is mixed. The historic centre, dense and old, lines up buildings and town houses at the foot of the castle, while the residential ring offers more recent detached houses with gardens. The condition of the property, the presence of outdoor space, proximity to the centre and to the canal quays, and energy performance explain appreciable gaps from one home to another.
Beaucaire lies on the right bank of the Rhône, facing Tarascon, to which it is linked by a bridge. The municipality is reached by road from Nîmes, Avignon and Arles, all less than thirty kilometres away, and by the A9 motorway via Nîmes. Tarascon station, on the other bank, provides rail links, supplemented by the stations of Nîmes and Avignon for long-distance services.
The Beaucaire market is marked by the town house and the detached house more than by apartment blocks. The benchmark price of 1 384 €/m² relates to apartments, found above all in the old centre. Houses, from the stone town house to the detached house with a garden on the edges, make up a large share of the supply and cover a wide price range depending on floor area, condition and outdoor space. The choice depends above all on budget and on the way of life sought.
Partly. Prices more measured than in the large neighbouring towns make the municipality accessible to first-time buyers and to working households employed in Nîmes, Avignon or Arles. Demand remains above all local and geared to main residences, with a steady turnover of sales. Furnished tourist lettings and seasonal rentals are subject to local rules, to be checked with the town hall before any project.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).