The average price per m² in Elbeuf is 1 248 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. For a house or villa, it is 1 658 €/m². About 86 transactions are recorded each year.
Ambience illustration of Elbeuf, a former woollen cloth town on the Seine, in the Seine-Maritime.
In Elbeuf, the average price for apartments stands at 1 248 €/m², based on the sales actually recorded in the DVF database, which lists transactions registered before notaries. It is one of the most affordable levels in the Seine-Maritime, well below Rouen and its residential outskirts, less than some twenty kilometres away. The market for houses sits higher, around 1 658 €/m², a common gap in a former industrial town where the fabric of town houses and faubourg housing dominates. The stock mixes older blocks of flats in the centre, workers' houses inherited from the textile era and more recent dwellings on the outskirts. The condition of the property, its energy performance and its location within the town explain most of the differences from one dwelling to another. These figures, drawn from sales signed before notaries, give a reliable municipal benchmark; a precise valuation then rests on comparable sales, examined property by property.
House : 1 658 €/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.
The Elbeuf market is that of a medium-sized town driven by local demand. Low prices attract first-time buyers and households looking for a house at a budget that Rouen and its outskirts no longer allow. Energy performance has become an important negotiating criterion on an older stock that is sometimes energy-hungry, where the poorest-rated dwellings sell at a marked discount. Closeness to transport and the quality of the sector weigh more and more in how prices are set.
Supply remains relatively plentiful, which limits tightness and lengthens selling times compared with the heart of the metropolitan area. For a seller, a property correctly valued, renovated and presented stands out clearly, while too ambitious a price settles in for the long term on the market. Belonging to the Rouen conurbation is the main driver of value in the medium term, in particular for dwellings well connected to the transport network.
Elbeuf shows prices clearly below those of the heart of the Rouen metropolitan area, such as Rouen, Le Petit-Quevilly or Mont-Saint-Aignan, from which the town remains some twenty kilometres away.
Elbeuf was built in a bend of the Seine, some twenty kilometres upstream from Rouen. For centuries the town was identified with a single activity: cloth making and the working of wool. The cloth industry developed there from the start of the 16th century and received decisive support under Colbert, with the creation of a royal cloth manufactory of Elbeuf, which lastingly established the reputation of the town.
The textile boom shaped the face of the town. Its many factory chimneys earned it the nickname of the town of a hundred chimneys. After the war of 1870, the arrival of Alsatian manufacturers and workers who refused annexation further strengthened the local wool expertise. The industrial heritage, the former mills and the workers' estates bear witness today to that past, showcased by the Fabrique des savoirs, a museum housed in a former factory.
The 20th century was that of textile decline. The mills closed one after another, the last large manufactory ceasing activity around 1990. The town has since diversified towards other industries and has joined the Rouen metropolitan area. A historic sub-prefecture town for the area, Elbeuf keeps a dense old centre and a remarkable heritage, and is seeking a new balance after the end of its industrial age.
Elbeuf has about 15 000 inhabitants and acts as an urban hub south of the Rouen metropolitan area. The property market there is carried by local demand: first-time buyers drawn by prices among the lowest in the conurbation, families looking for a town house on a controlled budget, and working people employed locally or commuting to Rouen. The affordable price level makes the town a gateway to ownership for modest households. Buyers coming from Rouen find larger floor areas there than in the metropolitan area, in exchange for distance from the heart of the conurbation.
The average price for apartments in Elbeuf is 1 248 €/m², based on the DVF transactions completed before notaries. That average covers varied situations, from the older apartment in need of renovation in the centre to the more recent dwelling. The storey, the general condition, energy performance and location explain the gaps around that value. On a market at this level, a reliable valuation rests on comparable sales rather than on the municipal average alone.
The average price for houses in Elbeuf is around 1 658 €/m², above apartments. The stock holds many town and faubourg houses inherited from the industrial era, along with detached houses on the outskirts. Condition, plot size, energy performance and the district make value vary widely. Renovated houses with a good energy rating sell markedly better than older stock in need of repair.
Elbeuf is among the most affordable municipalities in the Rouen conurbation. The decline of the textile industry, a long fall in population and the relative distance from the heart of the metropolitan area weigh on demand. In exchange the town offers a dense heritage, low entry prices and generous floor areas, which makes it an option for tight budgets and first-time buyers.
The old centre concentrates the buildings of character and the town houses, close to the shops and to the restored industrial heritage. The faubourgs and the former workers' estates offer more modest houses, while the outskirts provide more recent detached houses with a garden. Closeness to services, to schools and to the roads towards Rouen shapes value from one sector to another.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).