The average price per m² in Dax is 2 513 €/m² for an apartment, within a range of 2,1 to 2,9 k€ per m², based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. Over the period, the market rose 12 % over 5 years and held steady over the last 12 months, with about 322 transactions per year.
Illustration of Dax, spa town and sub-prefecture town of the Landes, on the banks of the Adour.
Apartments in Dax sell at an average price of around 2 513 €/m², based on transactions actually recorded (DVF data, the French notarised sales database). Prices run from around 2 270 €/m² in Le Sablar to 2 649 €/m² in Saint-Vincent, a gap of 17 %, but the six districts on the left bank sit within 7 % of one another. Houses, at 2 461 €/m², sell 2 % below apartments. The market records 322 apartment sales a year.
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.
After 2 246 €/m² in 2021, the average price in Dax reaches 2 513 €/m² in 2026, around +12 % over the period.
Change in the average price per m² over twelve months, district by district, based on the most recent DVF sales.
The average price per m² for an apartment in each district of Dax covered by Immover, ranked from the most expensive to the most affordable.
The Dax market has risen over time, then levelled off. The average apartment price went from 2 246 €/m² in 2021 to 2 503 in 2022, then to a high point of 2 557 in 2023. It then held at around 2 513 €/m² in 2024, 2025 and 2026. Over five years the rise is 12 %; over twelve months prices are unchanged. With 322 apartment sales a year, the town-wide trend is readable, but each district accounts for between nine and 100 sales.
All the districts have risen over five years. Haut Saint-Pierre leads with 24 %, ahead of Berre, 23 %, and Le Gond, 19 %. Saint-Vincent and Le Sablar gain 12 %, Centre-ville 7 % and Saint-Pierre 5 %. Over twelve months, movements diverge: Saint-Pierre gains 8,0 % and Le Sablar 6,9 %, while Centre-ville, the town's largest market, falls 8,1 %. Le Gond falls 6,0 %, on only nine sales a year: this figure needs confirming. For a seller, this means that the price is defended on the condition of the property more than on the address. For a buyer, that the margin for negotiation depends mainly on the home and the co-ownership building.
Dax compared with the major French cities, on the average price per m² for an apartment.
Dax was founded by Augustus between 16 and 13 BC under the name of Aquae Tarbellicae, « the waters of the Tarbelli », after an Aquitanian people. The town owes its existence to its hot springs, recognised as early as the first century. In the fourth century it was enclosed by a Gallo-Roman wall about 1 465 metres in circumference, of which ramparts survive. A Roman civil basilica is preserved in the archaeological crypt on the rue Cazade.
Seat of a bishopric founded in 506, the town came under English rule in 1152, with the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II Plantagenet, and remained so until 1451. Richard the Lionheart took it in 1176; in 1189-1190, Pierre de Saint-Paul became its first elected mayor, and Henry III officially recognised its status as a municipality in 1243. The cathedral of Notre-Dame, originally Romanesque, was rebuilt in the Gothic style between the middle of the thirteenth and the middle of the fourteenth century.
Before the Revolution, the town consisted of the city itself and its suburbs: Saint-Pierre to the east, Saint-Vincent-de-Xaintes to the west, Le Sablar to the north, on the other side of the Adour. The parishes of Saint-Vincent, Saubagnacq and La Torte were attached to Dax at the end of the eighteenth century, the merger being completed in 1822. The mathematician and naval officer Jean-Charles de Borda was born in Dax in 1733; the town founded its museum in 1807, by buying the natural history collection of Jacques-François de Borda d'Oro.
The nineteenth century made Dax a spa resort. The Fontaine Chaude was redeveloped from 1814 to 1818 on the remains of ancient baths, and the railway station opened in 1854. The bullring, built in concrete, was inaugurated in 1913 in the parc Théodore-Denis, and the Art Deco Hôtel Splendid opened in 1929. The Grand Dax conurbation today presents itself as the leading spa destination in France, with 16 establishments. Apartments make up 69,8 % of the municipality's homes, and more than half of its housing stock dates from 1946 to 1990.
Dax sells at 2 513 €/m² for an apartment. The municipality has 39,6 % owner-occupiers and 58,6 % tenants, including 15,9 % in social housing, and 16,8 % of its homes are second homes or occasional dwellings. The buyer profile brings together first-time buyers and families, people working in the conurbation and at the hospital, retirees and investors aiming to let. Three points to know before buying. The first is the narrow spread of prices: the six districts on the left bank sit between 2 481 and 2 649 €/m², a gap of 7 %, and the condition of the property weighs more than the address. Le Sablar, on the right bank, is the exception, 10 % below the average. The second is the house, which sells 2 % below the apartment, at 2 461 €/m²: in Dax, the most expensive square metre is often that of an apartment. The third is the trend: the municipality gains 12 % over five years, but prices have not risen since 2023 and are stable over twelve months.
The average price in Dax is 2 513 €/m² for an apartment (actual DVF transactions, notarised sales), within a range of 2 125 to 2 878 €/m² depending on the district. Property portals show asking prices, 10 to 20 % above the prices actually recorded.
Saint-Vincent, in the west of the town, at 2 649 €/m², 5 % above the town-wide average. Haut Saint-Pierre follows very closely at 2 639 €/m², then Berre at 2 594 €/m². The gap remains small: the six districts on the left bank sit between 2 481 and 2 649 €/m².
At 2 270 €/m², it is 10 % below the town-wide average. It is the only district on the right bank of the Adour, around the railway station, and part of its area is a priority urban neighbourhood, where most of its sales take place. Its price has nevertheless risen by 12 % over five years, at the same pace as the municipality.
Over five years, yes: the average apartment price went from 2 246 €/m² in 2021 to 2 513 in 2026, a rise of 12 %. Most of the increase came in 2022. Since 2023, prices have levelled off, and they are unchanged over twelve months. Haut Saint-Pierre and Berre have risen the most, by 24 % and 23 % over five years.
Houses sell at 2 461 €/m², 2 % less than apartments at 2 513 €/m². In a town where 69,8 % of homes are apartments, the square metre of a well-located apartment costs slightly more. For a house, plot size, condition and energy performance make the difference between two properties.
The exact wording is « leading spa destination in France », and it applies to the Grand Dax conurbation, which has 16 spa establishments, including those of Saint-Paul-lès-Dax. The town's spa tradition goes back to Antiquity: its Latin name, Aquae Tarbellicae, means « the waters of the Tarbelli ».
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).