The average price per m² in Bastide Saint-Louis (Carcassonne) is 1 319 €/m² for an apartment, within a range of 1,0 to 1,5 k€ per m², based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. Over the period, the market rose 25 % over 5 years and rose 2,4 % over the last 12 months, with about 91 transactions per year.
The Bastide Saint-Louis, the lower town and retail centre of Carcassonne.
Apartments in the Bastide Saint-Louis district, in Carcassonne, sell at an average price of around 1 319 €/m², based on actual recorded prices (DVF transactions, the French database of notarised property sales). Between 1 037 and 1 499 €/m² covers half of the sales, the gap depending on the type of property, the floor, the condition and the distance to the shops. Five-year change: +25 %.
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 1 059 €/m² in 2021, the average price in the Bastide Saint-Louis district of Carcassonne reaches 1 319 €/m² in 2026, roughly +25 % over the period.
The district holds the shops, the markets and the services of Carcassonne.
The Place Carnot and its Neptune fountain, the Saint-Michel cathedral, the Rue de Verdun and the ring of boulevards give the district its structure. To the east, the Pont-Vieux opens onto the Aude and the Cité.
Public services, schools and the administrative offices of the prefecture are gathered in the centre or on its edge.
The Bastide Saint-Louis, the retail centre of Carcassonne. Google Maps.
The Bastide Saint-Louis is the lower town of Carcassonne, founded in 1247 on the left bank of the Aude, facing the Cité. Its grid plan, held tight inside a ring of boulevards, has remained legible: the Boulevard Omer Sarraut to the north, the Boulevard Jean Jaurès and the Boulevard Camille Pelletan to the east, the Boulevard Barbès to the south and the Boulevard de Varsovie to the west.
The district holds the shops, the markets and the services of the town. Its heart is the Place Carnot, where the Neptune fountain, completed in 1770, stands beneath the plane trees and where the markets are held. The Saint-Michel cathedral, the Rue de Verdun, the Rue Aimé Ramond and the Rue Georges Clemenceau form its main axes, in a stock largely made up of older buildings and townhouses. To the north, the station and the first lock of the Canal du Midi face each other.
On the market, the Bastide Saint-Louis sits at around 1 319 €/m² for an apartment, close to the town average. With about 91 sales a year, it is by far the most active district in Carcassonne: its average is the most reliable and serves as the benchmark for the local market. Prices there are widely spread, from a quarter of sales below 1 037 €/m² to a quarter above 1 499 €/m², depending on the condition of the property.
The Bastide Saint-Louis attracts first-time buyers, investors and buyers looking for immediate proximity to the shops, the markets and the station, at prices close to the town average. Demand focuses mainly on apartments, whose condition and energy rating weigh heavily on the price in a largely older stock.
The average price in the Bastide Saint-Louis is 1 319 €/m² for an apartment (actual DVF transactions, notarised sales), within a range of 1 037 to 1 499 €/m² depending on the building, the floor and the condition.
The Bastide Saint-Louis, the lower town and retail centre of Carcassonne, sits at around 1 319 €/m² for an apartment, close to the town average. With about 91 sales a year, it is the most active district in the municipality, and therefore the one whose average is the most reliable.
It is the lower town of Carcassonne, founded in 1247 on the left bank of the Aude, facing the Cité. Its grid plan is ringed by boulevards and laid out around the Place Carnot and its Neptune fountain, with the Saint-Michel cathedral and the shopping streets of the centre.
The area consists mostly of apartments, from studios to large flats, in a largely older stock inherited from the merchant town, with townhouses and investment buildings. The condition of the property and its energy rating weigh heavily on the price there.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).