The average price per m² in Cormontreuil is 2 638 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 10 transactions are recorded each year.
Mood illustration of Cormontreuil, between Champagne vineyards and the Reims conurbation.
In Cormontreuil, the benchmark price stands at 2 638 €/m² for an apartment, a level very close to that of Reims, whose boundary the municipality shares. The territory, only 4,62 square kilometres for around 1 414 inhabitants per square kilometre, is more than 70 % built up: this is the market of a dense suburb, not of a village. These values come from the DVF database, the transactions actually registered with notaries, not estimates drawn from listings. Annual volume remains limited given the size of the municipality.
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 Cormontreuil market is that of an inner-ring municipality, whose value rests on immediate proximity to Reims. Residential stability is strong, with 68,2 % owners occupying their home for close to twenty-five years on average according to INSEE: turnover in the stock is slow and the number of properties put up for sale each year remains limited. That relative scarcity keeps values at a level comparable to that of the central city, which is unusual for a suburban municipality.
The future will depend on two constraints that pull in the same direction. The first is the small size of the territory, 4,62 square kilometres already more than 70 % built up: the spread of detached housing has virtually no space left. The second is the protection of the plots classified within the champagne appellation, which freezes part of the remaining land. Any new supply will therefore come from densifying the existing fabric, which supports the value of the current individual housing stock.
The municipality holds a high position within its area: its prices are above those of Bétheny and Épernay, and remain slightly below those of Reims, its immediate neighbour.
The first mention of Cormontreuil appears in 850 in the polyptych of Saint-Remi, the inventory of the holdings of the famous Reims abbey, in the form Curtis Monasteriolis, the estate of the little monastery. The village grew on the slopes south of Reims, in an area given over to the vine: the municipality is today classified premier cru within the champagne appellation, a distinction that ties it to the vineyard of the Montagne de Reims. That winegrowing identity long shaped the landscape and the local economy, before the urbanisation of the twentieth century.
The First World War struck the municipality hard, lying as it did within the zone of fighting around Reims. Cormontreuil received the Croix de guerre 1914-1918 on 30 May 1921, in recognition of the destruction suffered. The reconstruction of the interwar years shaped part of the present building stock. The village kept its farming and winegrowing vocation at that time, with a few hundred inhabitants, in the shadow of a Reims that was itself largely destroyed and rebuilt.
The shift is recent and rapid. The share of built-up land rose from 51,6 % in 1990 to 72,7 % in 2018, driven by the spread of detached housing and above all by the arrival of a vast retail park on the southern edge of the Reims conurbation. Cormontreuil became one of the main retail hubs of the area, while housing 6 534 inhabitants in 2023. The urban transport network of the conurbation serves the municipality, which borders Reims, Taissy and Trois-Puits.
According to INSEE, France's national statistics institute, Cormontreuil has 6 534 inhabitants and 94,3 % of its housing stock is occupied as a main residence. Houses account for 69,5 % of dwellings and apartments for 30,2 %, with 68,2 % owners among the occupants of main residences, who have on average been in place for close to twenty-five years. That residential stability limits turnover in the stock. The market is aimed at families of the Reims conurbation looking for a house with a garden without leaving the city, and at people working in the services and retail sector of southern Reims.
The benchmark price stands at 2 638 €/m² for an apartment. That figure comes from the DVF database, the sales actually signed before notaries. It is an average: a recent dwelling in the outer residential districts and an older apartment sit on either side of that base. The level is very close to that of Reims, the adjoining city, which sets Cormontreuil apart from municipalities further out in the Marne.
Yes, in the sense of the appellation. The municipality is classified premier cru within the champagne appellation and its slopes carry vines, as a continuation of the vineyard of the Montagne de Reims. That identity nonetheless coexists with heavy urbanisation: according to land-use surveys, more than 70 % of the territory was built up in 2018, against a little over half in 1990.
The residential districts of detached houses, away from the traffic routes and the retail park, concentrate family demand. The older sector, around the original village core, keeps a more village-like character. The immediate surroundings of the retail park, by contrast, are less sought after for a residential project because of the traffic they generate.
The municipality adjoins Reims, whose centre is around four kilometres away, and it is served by several lines of the conurbation's urban transport network. Reims station provides high-speed rail links to Paris. That immediate proximity to a city of more than one hundred and eighty thousand inhabitants is the main driver of the local residential market.
The classification of part of the territory within the champagne appellation protects the vineyard plots and severely limits what can be built on them. The density of the built fabric, with around 1 414 inhabitants per square kilometre over 4,62 square kilometres, leaves few land reserves. Finally, proximity to the retail park and the main roads weighs on certain sectors. The local planning scheme is available at the town hall.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).