The average price per m² in Centre-ville (Castres) is 1 667 €/m² for an apartment, within a range of 1,4 to 2,0 k€ per m², based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. Over the period, the market rose 4 % over 5 years and rose 2,6 % over the last 12 months, with about 34 transactions per year.
The town centre of Castres, around the houses on the Agout.
Apartments in the Centre-ville district, in Castres, sell at an average price of around 1 667 €/m², based on prices actually recorded (DVF transactions, notarised sales). Between 1 371 and 1 956 €/m² covers half of all sales, the gap depending on the age of the building, the floor, the view over the Agout and the condition of the property. Five-year change: +4 %.
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 1 604 €/m² in 2021, the average price in the Centre-ville district of Castres reaches 1 667 €/m² in 2026, around +4 % over the period.
The rue Fuziès, the rue Émile-Zola and the pedestrian streets form the town's retail core.
The houses on the Agout, the pont Vieux, the musée Goya and the jardin de l'Évêché shape the district.
The town hall, the sub-prefecture, schools and cultural facilities lie within the perimeter.
The town centre of Castres and the houses on the Agout. Google Maps.
The town centre of Castres sits within the loop of the Agout. The houses standing over the river, former homes of tanners and dyers, with their colourful facades and wooden balconies overhanging the water, are its best-known image. The pont Vieux links them to the Villegoudou bank.
Around them, the old centre brings together the town hall, a former bishop's palace that houses the musée Goya, the jardin de l'Évêché laid out by André Le Nôtre, and the Saint-Benoît cathedral. The shopping streets, from the rue Fuziès to the rue Émile-Zola by way of the rue Sabatier and the rue des Capucins, form the town's retail core. The district is classed as an urban policy area.
On the market, the town centre sits at around 1 667 €/m² for an apartment, in line with the Castres average, with the largest volume in the town: about 34 sales a year, a quarter of the market. The median, at 1 803 €/m², is higher than the average: a few low sales, on properties needing work, pull the average down.
The town centre attracts buyers who want everything within walking distance, investors drawn by the rental demand of a sub-prefecture, and first-time buyers for whom the older stock of the centre remains the entry point to the Castres market. Demand focuses on studios and one-bedroom flats, with a clear premium for properties overlooking the Agout.
The average price in Centre-ville is 1 667 €/m² for an apartment (actual DVF transactions, notarised sales), within a range of 1 371 to 1 956 €/m² depending on the building, the floor and the condition.
It covers the loop of the Agout with the houses standing over the river, the old centre around the town hall and the musée Goya, the jardin de l'Évêché laid out by Le Nôtre, the Saint-Benoît cathedral, and the Villegoudou bank on the other side of the pont Vieux.
The town centre sits at around 1 667 €/m² for an apartment, in line with the Castres average, on about 34 sales a year, the largest volume in the town. Half of all sales take place between 1 371 and 1 956 €/m², depending on the condition of the property and the view.
The offer is almost entirely older stock: town buildings, tanners' houses on the Agout and small blocks of flats. The view over the river and the condition of the property account for most of the price gap, in a stock where buildings without a lift remain in the majority.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).