The average price per m² in Cavignac is 1 939 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 16 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Cavignac, a Haute-Gironde village on the Bordeaux-Angoulême road, in the north of the department.
The average price recorded in Cavignac stands at 1 939 €/m². This average brings together a market where detached houses largely dominate, the municipality having very few apartments compared with its total housing stock. Differences around this average mainly come from the type of property, the floor area, the general condition, the presence of a plot and the location, between the old village centre close to the station and the more outlying areas. Closeness to the route nationale 10 and to the station, which offers direct access to Bordeaux, also weighs on the value of the best-placed properties. These figures come from the DVF data, the French notarised sales database, which records sales actually signed before notaries, and give a municipal benchmark to be refined property by property according to the project.
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 Cavignac market rests on its position as a residential village of the Haute-Gironde, some thirty kilometres north of Bordeaux, on the route nationale 10 and served by its own TER station. Demand comes mainly from families and working people employed in the Bordeaux conurbation, who are looking for an affordable rural setting at prices lower than in the metropolitan area. The municipality has seen marked population growth in recent years, with a population up by nearly 15 % between 2017 and 2023, a sign of genuine residential appeal. Demand overwhelmingly concerns detached houses, the apartment market remaining narrow.
Supply remains that of a small rural municipality, with a housing stock built mostly after 1970 and land still available on the edge of the village centre. On the second-hand market, the general condition of the property, the presence of a plot and closeness to the station or to the route nationale 10 are decisive criteria in negotiation. Buyers weigh the quiet of the areas furthest from the main roads against the convenience of quick access to Bordeaux. The low share of vacant homes and the rise in owner-occupation reflect a local market that is fairly active for a municipality of this size.
On the Bordeaux-Angoulême route, Cavignac sits below Saint-André-de-Cubzac and Lormont, which are closer to the Bordeaux metropolitan area, but above Blaye, downstream on the estuary.
The village of Cavignac took shape in the 15th century, around a community of farmers and winegrowers settled around 1450 in the Cubzaguais, in the north-east of Gironde. The parish church of Saint-Hilaire was founded in the second half of the same century, between 1476 and 1493 depending on the source, and gave its name to the parish that was properly organised around 1650. This growth remained that of a modest rural settlement, geared to mixed farming and vines, at the confluence of the Saye and the Meudon, two small watercourses that structure the municipal area. Cavignac became a municipality in 1789, with a population then close to 425 inhabitants, a figure that shows the limited size of the village at the Revolution.
The built heritage of Cavignac remains modest and rural. The church of Saint-Hilaire, from the 15th century, is the oldest building in the municipality, alongside the war memorial raised after the First World War. The château du Pilet is the other built landmark of the village, without any particular splendour. One more unusual fact marks the local economic history: from 1930 to 1970, the Chabrier factory produced sparkling water there, an industrial activity rare for a municipality of this size and now gone. During the First World War, the village also hosted a care centre for wounded soldiers. These elements sketch a rural municipality without any major listed monument, whose heritage interest lies above all in the coherence of its old buildings and in a few traces of a vanished local industry.
Cavignac belongs to the arrondissement of Blaye and to the canton of Nord-Gironde, within the Latitude Nord Gironde inter-municipal authority. The municipality is crossed by the route nationale 10, the historic road linking Bordeaux to Angoulême, some thirty kilometres north of the Bordeaux metropolitan area. Its station, opened in 1911 on the railway line running down to Bordeaux, is served by the regional express trains linking the municipality to Saint-André-de-Cubzac and to Saint-Mariens-Saint-Yzan. Long geared to farming and winegrowing, Cavignac has gradually established itself as a residential village of the Haute-Gironde, drawing on its position on this road and rail route to attract residents working in the Bordeaux conurbation. The population has risen markedly in recent years, gaining nearly 15 % between 2017 and 2023.
Cavignac has 2 372 inhabitants according to INSEE, the French statistics institute. The housing stock is clearly dominated by the detached house, which accounts for around seven homes out of ten, against around three out of ten for apartments. A little more than six households out of ten own their home, a share that has risen sharply over the past decade. This profile mainly attracts families and working people employed in the Bordeaux conurbation, won over by direct access to Bordeaux via the route nationale 10 or the TER station, at prices far more affordable than in urban areas. First-time buyers find houses with land in Cavignac, while apartments, fewer in number, suit tighter budgets or smaller households.
The average price recorded in Cavignac stands at 1 939 €/m², based on sales registered with notaries and published in the DVF data, the French notarised sales database. This figure brings together properties of different kinds, mostly detached houses. The type of property, the floor area, the condition, the plot and the location, between the village centre and the edges of the route nationale 10, explain most of the differences around this average. For a reliable valuation, it is better to rely on sales of comparable properties than on the municipal average alone.
Cavignac has its own station, opened in 1911, served by the regional express trains linking the municipality to Saint-André-de-Cubzac and then to Bordeaux. The route nationale 10, which crosses the municipal area, offers a second direct route to the Bordeaux metropolitan area, some thirty kilometres to the south, or to Angoulême to the north. This double service, rail and road, sets Cavignac apart from many neighbouring rural municipalities with no station. Working people find there a compromise between a rural setting and quick access to the employment centres of the Bordeaux conurbation.
Cavignac is a village of the Haute-Gironde, set at the confluence of the Saye and the Meudon, two small watercourses that structure an area still marked by vines and large farm plots. The municipality keeps a modest built heritage, with its church of Saint-Hilaire from the 15th century and its war memorial, without any major listed monument. The setting remains that of a rural village, between an old centre and more recent housing estates built after 1970. The downside of the position on the route nationale 10 is a degree of exposure to road traffic in the areas closest to it.
The Cavignac market is very largely dominated by the detached house, which accounts for around seven homes out of ten, against three out of ten for apartments. Buying a house therefore matches the dominant profile of the municipality, with a plot and a preserved rural setting. Apartments, fewer in number, are concentrated mainly around the village centre and suit more measured budgets or smaller households. Your choice will depend above all on your budget and on your need for outdoor space.
Cavignac is organised around its old village centre, clustered near the church of Saint-Hilaire, then spreads out in suburban housing estates built mostly after 1970. The areas close to the station offer practical access to the rail links towards Bordeaux, while those further from the route nationale 10 gain in quiet. The municipal area, tightly held at the confluence of the Saye and the Meudon, leaves little room for large new estates. Each area has its own building and environmental characteristics, to be examined according to your project.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).