The average price per m² in Collonges-au-Mont-d’Or is 4 333 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 20 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, between the Monts d'Or and the Saône.
In Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, the reference price reaches 4 333 €/m² for apartments, a high level that reflects the position of the municipality within the Lyon metropolitan authority, on the right bank of the Saône. This average covers a housing stock that mixes golden-stone houses of the Monts d'Or, properties overlooking the river and a few recent developments. The market is narrow, around twenty sales a year, which magnifies the weight of each transaction. The figures rest on the DVF database, the French record of notarised sales, which lists the sales actually registered with notaries, a guarantee of observed rather than estimated values.
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 Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or market is driven first of all by its integration into the Lyon metropolitan area. The municipality borders the 9th arrondissement and attracts households looking for the setting of a golden-stone village a few minutes from the centre. The scarcity of older houses and of properties with a view over the Saône, set against a stable resident population of around 4 700 inhabitants, keeps demand above supply. This imbalance supports high prices, regularly among the highest in the Val de Saône, driven not by tourist pressure but by a lasting residential appeal.
The second driver lies in the structure of the housing stock and in the low number of transactions. The predominance of owner-occupied detached houses limits the volume of properties coming back onto the market, around twenty sales a year. Each transaction then weighs heavily on the annual average, hence the value of reading the trend over several years. The standing of the municipality, tied to its heritage and to its gastronomic tradition, along with the closeness of the Lyon employment hubs, provide underlying support for property values.
Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or sits at the top of the Val de Saône hierarchy, above several municipalities of the right bank and close to the Lyon level.
The territory of Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or carries traces of occupation dating back to the Gallo-Roman period, to which the Monts d'Or aqueduct that supplied Lyon belongs. The very name of the municipality points to this ancient settlement, set against the hillsides overlooking the Saône. In the Middle Ages, from the 12th century onwards, the village organised itself around farming and the vine, grown on the sunny slopes of the Mont d'Or. The golden stone quarried locally gives the houses their characteristic ochre tone, still visible in the Vieux Collonges, one of the three historic hamlets along with Trèves-Pâques and the village centre.
The position on the banks of the Saône has shaped the history of the municipality, turned towards the river as much as towards its hillsides. Collonges shares the Île Roy with Fontaines-sur-Saône, and its religious heritage reflects this double identity: the église Saint-Nizier of the Vieux Collonges and the chapelle Notre-Dame du Grand Port, close to the bank. The château de Tourvéon completes this built ensemble. Long a wine-growing and market-gardening village of the Monts d'Or, the municipality has kept a fabric of hamlets and narrow golden-stone streets, before the closeness of Lyon gradually changed its vocation during the 20th century.
Bordering the 9th arrondissement of Lyon today, Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or has become a sought-after residential municipality of the metropolitan area, while keeping its image of a village on the banks of the Saône. Its standing owes much to the Auberge du Pont de Collonges, the restaurant of the chef Paul Bocuse (1926-2018), long distinguished at the highest level of gastronomy. Local life keeps its weekly markets, including an organic market, and its walks along the river. This combination of preserved heritage, riverside setting and quick access to Lyon explains the current tension on the municipal property market.
According to INSEE, the French statistics institute, Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or has 4 669 inhabitants, in a well-off residential municipality of the Lyon metropolitan area. Buyers are mainly families and settled households looking for a golden-stone house or a home with a view over the Saône, a few minutes from the 9th arrondissement of Lyon. Main residences make up most of the stock and are largely owner-occupied, which limits the number of properties offered each year. Detached houses dominate, but a few recent developments take in first-time buyers and working people employed in Lyon. This sustained demand, set against a limited supply, keeps prices among the highest in the Val de Saône.
The reference price for an apartment in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or is 4 333 €/m². That amount corresponds to the average of recent sales recorded in the DVF database, the French record of notarised sales. It places the municipality at the top of the Val de Saône hierarchy, directly bordering Lyon. The actual price of a home depends on its condition, its floor area, whether it has a view over the river and its location within the municipality.
Several factors combine. The municipality borders the 9th arrondissement of Lyon and enjoys quick access to the centre, while offering the setting of a golden-stone village on the banks of the Saône. Its preserved heritage, its standing linked to gastronomy and the scarcity of houses with a view over the river create sustained demand. Faced with a restricted supply, this pressure pushes values upwards, above several neighbouring municipalities of the Val de Saône.
Collonges is made up of three historic hamlets: the Vieux Collonges, with its narrow golden-stone streets, Trèves-Pâques on the hillsides, and the village centre close to the Saône. The most highly valued properties are the older houses of the Vieux Collonges and the homes offering a view over the river. Homes set on the heights of the Monts d'Or benefit from the open outlook, while the port area keeps a more riverside character, appreciated for its walks.
No, volumes remain low, around twenty sales a year. This scarcity stems from the residential profile of the municipality, where owners occupy their property over the long term. Such a market means that a handful of transactions can shift the average from one year to the next. To value a home, it is therefore more reliable to rely on its own characteristics and on several years than on the municipal average for a single year.
Yes. The municipality borders the 9th arrondissement of Lyon and enjoys quick access to the centre by road and by the transport services of the Val de Saône. This immediate closeness, combined with a riverside village setting, explains the appeal for working households employed in the metropolitan area. It remains, however, a municipality where detached housing dominates, which often means using a car for part of daily journeys.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).