The average price per m² in Doussard is 4 371 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. For a house or villa, it is 5 883 €/m². About 26 transactions are recorded each year.
Doussard, at the southern end of Lake Annecy, in the Haute-Savoie.
In Doussard, the average price of an apartment stands at 4 371 €/m². That average covers a limited stock, dominated by developments built facing the lake or on the edge of the hamlets of Bredannaz and Chaparon, along with a few more recent schemes near the village centre. Demand comes in good part from buyers looking for a second home by the water, drawn by the nature reserve of the Bout du Lac and the immediate closeness of the Bauges massif. The detached-house market, sought after even more, sells clearly higher with an average price of 5 883 €/m², a sign of strong pressure on buildings with land and an open view. The value of a property varies above all with the distance to the lake, the aspect and whether or not it has direct access to the protected shores. The outlying hamlets, set back from the water, offer more moderate prices than the Bout du Lac or La Ravoire areas.
House : 5 883 €/m²
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.
Demand in Doussard remains carried by the appeal of the Lake Annecy basin, where the scarcity of available land pushes part of the buyers towards the municipalities at the end of the lake, less tight than the shores closest to the city. The average price of 4 371 €/m² for an apartment reflects that position, still accessible compared with the most sought-after municipalities on the lake.
The main brake remains the low availability of buildable land, constrained by the national nature reserve status of part of the marshes and by the relief of the Bauges massif that borders the municipality. That scarcity benefits the detached-house market, whose average price of 5 883 €/m² illustrates the premium given to land and space, both rare in this part of the lake.
At the end of Lake Annecy, Doussard sits behind the most prized municipalities of the eastern shore. Saint-Jorioz and Sevrier, closer to the centre of the Annecy basin, concentrate stronger property pressure, as does Annecy itself. Doussard thus remains a more affordable option for anyone seeking the setting of the lake without the pressure of the municipalities nearest the city.
Doussard occupies the southern end of Lake Annecy, at the heart of the regional nature park of the Bauges massif, some fifteen kilometres south-east of Annecy by the road that follows the lake. The municipality gathers about ten hamlets, among them Bredannaz, Chaparon, La Ravoire, Le Bout du Lac and Marceau, spread between the shores of the lake and the first foothills of the Taillefer and Charbon mountains.
Excavations around the hamlet of Bout du Lac have brought to light the remains of a prehistoric lake village on stilts, among the oldest known traces of human occupation in the municipality, as well as Gallo-Roman elements found in the village centre and at Bredannaz. The name of Doussard appears for the first time in a charter of 866, by which King Lothair granted land near the lake to Queen Theutberga, his wife.
The marshes of the Bout du Lac, listed as a national nature reserve, today protect an underwater meadow and a reed bed that shelters the European beaver, while the col de la Forclaz, on the heights of the municipality, has established itself as a paragliding take-off site renowned across the Annecy basin.
Doussard has 3 751 inhabitants. The municipality attracts both families settled year-round, often working in the Annecy or Albertville basin, and second-home buyers who come to enjoy the lake and the protected setting of the nature reserve. Houses with land, particularly in the outlying hamlets of Taillefer or Marceau, remain sought after by families looking for space outside the Annecy conurbation. Apartments are concentrated more near the village centre and the shores, prized for seasonal letting or for a second home more affordable than a detached house. The profile is therefore split between permanent residents and occasional owners, with sharper pressure on properties offering a view of or direct access to the lake.
The average price of an apartment in Doussard stands at 4 371 €/m². That figure mainly reflects properties close to the lake and to the hamlets of Bout du Lac or Bredannaz; detached houses sell at a noticeably higher level.
Doussard lies some fifteen kilometres from Annecy by the road along the eastern shore of the lake. The municipality has no station of its own: Annecy station remains the nearest rail access point, supplemented by regional bus routes in season.
The position at the end of Lake Annecy, the nature reserve of the Bout du Lac and the closeness of the Bauges massif sustain constant tourist and residential demand. The col de la Forclaz, a recognised paragliding site, and the supply of campsites reinforce the seasonal appeal of the municipality.
The stock consists mainly of detached houses with land, notably in the outlying hamlets, and a smaller number of apartments concentrated near the centre and the shores. Recent buildings stand alongside the traditional fabric of Savoyard hamlets.
The closeness of the national nature reserve of the Bout du Lac imposes protective planning rules that limit the buildability of some areas near the shores and the marshes. It is also worth checking exposure to flooding risk, common along the lake and the wetlands.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).