The average price per m² in Carrières-sur-Seine is 4 969 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 73 transactions are recorded each year.
Ambience illustration of Carrières-sur-Seine, on the Seine loop, in the Yvelines.
The average price of apartments in Carrières-sur-Seine stands at 4 969 €/m², based on DVF sales actually registered before notaries. That average covers a stock split almost evenly between houses and apartments, spread between the old village on the hillsides, the residential streets of the plateau and the sectors close to the Seine. The position of a property matters a great deal: closeness to the station and to the routes towards La Défense, the aspect and the view over the river from the heights, the condition and the age of the home all move value markedly from one address to another.
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 market in Carrières-sur-Seine stays active for a commune of this size, with on the order of seventy to eighty apartment sales recorded each year in the DVF data. That turnover owes to the residential structure of the stock, split almost evenly between houses and apartments, and to a population of owners settled all year round. New supply stays contained by the geography of the Seine loop and by the old fabric of the village, so that most transactions involve existing homes.
Several factors support this price level. The RER A service from the Houilles - Carrières-sur-Seine station puts La Défense a few minutes away and brings the commune closer to the main employment hub of western Paris and its region, an asset strengthened by the spread of remote working, which has widened the search radius of buyers. The setting of the Seine loop, the presence of houses with gardens and the character of the old village keep steady family demand, in a part of the Yvelines where well-connected residential communes remain in short supply.
Carrières-sur-Seine sits at a level close to its immediate neighbour Houilles and to Chatou, on the other side of the loop, while staying below Le Vésinet, the traditionally more expensive residential commune of the sector.
The name Carrières comes from the limestone quarries worked on the site since the Middle Ages. What was cut here was liais, a hard stone used to build the religious and civil landmarks of the region, notably for the basilica of Saint-Denis. The hamlet was attached in 1137 to the abbey of Saint-Denis by Abbot Suger, who sought to extend the abbey's land and income. From that legacy survives the commune's most visible feature: a network of underground galleries dug into the hillside, turned over the centuries into cave dwellings and cellars.
The commune long bore the name Carrières-Saint-Denis, in reference to that link with the abbey. During the French Revolution, the policy of de-Christianisation led it to adopt the secular name Carrières-sur-Seine in 1793. It took back its old name in 1808, before becoming Carrières-sur-Seine for good in 1905.
Set in a loop of the Seine some eight kilometres west of the porte Maillot, the commune won over the painters of the late 19th century drawn by the riverbanks. Claude Monet painted a view of Carrières-Saint-Denis there in 1872, and Georges Braque composed a cubist landscape there in 1909. Long kept apart from urban growth by its position in the loop, the town saw its population rise rapidly from the 1960s, while keeping the old fabric of its village.
Carrières-sur-Seine has 14 791 inhabitants. According to INSEE, the French national statistics institute, the commune records around 6 480 dwellings, of which close to 90 % are main residences and less than 5 % second homes: this is a market of year-round residents, with no holiday dimension. The stock is fairly evenly split, with around 44 % houses and 55 % apartments, and close to 66 % of main residences are lived in by their owners. Buyers are mainly households and families working at La Défense or in Paris and looking for a residential setting close to transport, along with owners already settled in the Yvelines.
The average price of apartments in Carrières-sur-Seine is 4 969 €/m², based on DVF sales actually completed before notaries. That average covers gaps tied to the location within the commune, closeness to the station, the aspect, the floor level and the condition of the property. A home on the hillsides with a view and an apartment in the sectors further from the access routes do not trade at the same level.
The old village, on the hillsides, keeps an older fabric valued for its character and its views over the Seine loop. The residential streets of the plateau, made up mainly of houses, draw families. Closeness to the station and the service towards La Défense weigh heavily on demand, whatever the sector.
The commune is served by the Houilles - Carrières-sur-Seine station, linked to the RER A as well as to Transilien lines J and L. The RER A serves La Défense directly in a few minutes and then central Paris. By car, the routes towards the A86 and western Paris complete that service, which explains the appeal of the town for people working in the La Défense employment area.
No. According to INSEE, close to nine dwellings out of ten are main residences and second homes account for less than 5 % of the stock. It is a market of permanent housing, carried by households who live and work in western Paris and its region. Homes change hands at the pace of residential housing, not of a tourist resort.
The stock is almost evenly split: according to INSEE, around 44 % houses and 55 % apartments. The reference price of 4 969 €/m² applies to the apartment segment. Houses are concentrated in the residential streets of the plateau and in the old village, an older fabric with little room to expand where supply stays limited, and they trade above the level of apartments.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).