Cagnes-sur-Mer is a coastal town of the Alpes-Maritimes, on the Baie des Anges, halfway between Nice and Antibes, now part of the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. Its history reads on three levels: the Haut-de-Cagnes, a perched medieval town around the Château Grimaldi built in the fourteenth century, the shopping town centre at the foot of the hill, and the Cros-de-Cagnes, a former fishing village established on the seafront in the nineteenth century.
The town has kept the mark of the painters who spent time there. Auguste Renoir spent the last years of his life at the Domaine des Collettes, whose house and olive garden have become a museum. The Haut-de-Cagnes, with its stepped lanes and its château, and the Cros-de-Cagnes, with its fishing port, its colourful pointu boats and its Saint-Pierre chapel, keep this identity between heritage and French Riviera. Along the coast, the promenade, the beaches and the Côte d'Azur racecourse extend the seaside life of the town.
This terraced geography shapes a contrasting property market. The Cros seafront and the residential hills of the Val Fleuri, the Colettes and Saint-Véran concentrate the highest prices, driven by the sea views and the setting. The town centre, La Gare and the northern areas of the Bréguières make up a more affordable market core. Demand remains supported by the proximity of Nice, the appeal of the French Riviera and the town's dual life, seaside and residential.
