The average price per m² in Deauville is 7 037 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 184 transactions are recorded each year.
Illustration of Deauville, a seaside resort on the Côte Fleurie.
In Deauville, the average price stands at 7 037 €/m². This average covers a housing stock strongly shaped by holiday living: more than three homes in four are apartments, from the seafront studio to the large apartment in a Belle Époque building. The seafront, the surroundings of the Planches boardwalk and the grand-hotel district trade above this average, while the buildings near the station and the quays of the Touques remain more affordable. The Anglo-Norman villas of the Coteau, rare and large in size, also pull the figure upwards. This value comes from DVF data (the French notarised sales database), that is, transactions actually recorded at the notary.
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 Deauville market depends little on local employment and heavily on outside demand. The proximity of Paris, a little over two hours by train, sustains a steady flow of second-home buyers, heavily concentrated on the coastal strip. On the supply side, there is little room to grow: with 3,57 km² more than 95 % built up, the municipality has almost no free land left, and new developments are limited to reworking already built plots. This structural scarcity, combined with a resident population slightly down since 2017 according to INSEE, explains a market where well-located properties are becoming rarer.
The second driver is the events economy, which spreads visitor numbers across the year. The American film festival in September, the conferences hosted at the CID, the meetings at the two racecourses and the Arqana horse sales in August support the hotel trade, restaurants and seasonal rentals. This activity attracts buyers who finance part of their purchase through short-term letting. In return, it makes the market seasonal: listings and viewings concentrate in spring and at the end of summer, which lengthens negotiation times for the rest of the year.
Deauville sits well above the large Norman urban markets around it, including the closest ones. The gap comes from the nature of the housing stock, largely made up of second homes facing the sea, and not from the size of the municipality.
Deauville was born of a property venture. In 1859, the Duke of Morny, half-brother of Napoleon III, joined forces with the physician Joseph Olliffe and the banker Armand Donon to acquire the marshland facing Trouville, a resort already in vogue. The architect Desle-François Breney drew up a regular plan that, from the outset, laid out the holiday villas, the shopping quarter and the public amenities. The Pont de l'Union, linking the two towns, was inaugurated in 1861. The La Touques racecourse and the station opened in 1863, the casino and the promenade dyke in 1864, the port in August 1866. In less than ten years, a complete resort had risen from the marsh.
The death of the Duke of Morny in 1865 opened a more uncertain period, before the resort took off again in the early 20th century under the impetus of the hotelier Eugène Cornuché. A new casino was inaugurated on 10 July 1912, followed by the Normandy hotel the same year, then the Royal in 1913. The Planches, a wooden boardwalk running the full length of the beach, were built in 1923 and lined with the Pompeian baths of the architect Charles Adda and Art Deco style cabins. The second racecourse, Clairefontaine, opened in 1928. This decade durably fixed the town's image and its half-timbered architectural vocabulary.
After 1945, Deauville reorganised itself around events. The American film festival was created in 1975; from the late 1980s, the names of the actors and directors who came to the festival have been painted on the cabins of the Planches, at the initiative of mayor Anne d'Ornano. The international congress centre, the CID, opened on 4 September 1992. The municipality also hosts the Arqana yearling sales every August and welcomed the G8 summit in May 2011. Over just 3,57 km², the land is more than 95 % built up: available land is scarce, which explains a dense town turned entirely towards the coast.
Deauville had 3 539 inhabitants in 2023, a figure slightly down since 2017, for around 9 000 recorded dwellings. According to INSEE (the French national statistics institute), 72,7 % of these dwellings are second or occasional homes, against 23,4 % main residences and 3,9 % vacant dwellings. The stock is very largely collective: 77,7 % apartments against 21,1 % houses. Among the main residences, 45,9 % of households are owner-occupiers and 49,9 % tenants, again according to INSEE. Buyers are therefore mainly people from the Paris region looking for a pied-à-terre about two hours from Paris, retirees settling in after years of holidaying, and owners who let their property for part of the year.
The average price recorded in Deauville is 7 037 €/m². This is an average calculated from sales actually recorded at the notary and published in the DVF database, not from asking prices. The real gap between two properties remains large depending on the sea view, the floor, the distance to the Planches and the condition of the building. Our online valuation refines this average from the characteristics of your home.
The seafront front line and the streets between the Planches and the casino concentrate the strongest demand, with the apartments looking directly onto the bay. The Coteau, on the heights, brings together the Anglo-Norman villas of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The areas near the station, the port and the quays of the Touques offer larger floor areas at lower price levels.
The Trouville-Deauville station, opened in 1863 and a few minutes' walk from the centre, is directly connected to Paris Saint-Lazare by Nomad trains, in a little over two hours for the fastest services, with extra departures at weekends and in season. The Deauville-Normandie airport, at Saint-Gatien-des-Bois, rounds out access. By car, the A13 puts Caen about 40 kilometres away and Le Havre about twenty.
The taxe d'habitation (local residence tax) has been abolished on main residences, but it is still due on second homes, which make up 72,7 % of Deauville's housing stock according to INSEE. To this is added the taxe foncière (local property tax), whose rates are set each year. Tourist municipalities may also be allowed to increase the taxe d'habitation on second homes: check with the town hall or the public finance office before buying.
No. The Norman seaside style, with half-timbering, steep roofs and volumes inherited from the 1910s and 1920s, is governed by the municipal planning document, and several buildings such as the casino or the grand hotels are protected. The facades visible from the street, the roofs and the joinery are subject to precise requirements. Before buying a villa to renovate, ask the town hall for the rules applicable to the plot and budget for the extra cost of the mandated materials.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).