The average price per m² in Épinal is 1 427 €/m² for an apartment, within a range of 1,1 to 1,7 k€ per m², based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. Over the period, the market rose 13 % over 5 years and rose 4,3 % over the last 12 months, with about 265 transactions per year.
Illustration of Épinal, from the basilique Saint-Maurice to the quays of the Moselle.
Apartments in Épinal sell at an average price of around 1 427 €/m², based on prices actually recorded (DVF data, the French notarised sales database). The county town of the Vosges department, set on the Moselle at the gateway to the Vosges massif, the town shows moderate gaps from one district to the next. Prices run from around 1 154 €/m² in Le Plateau de la Justice to 1 624 €/m² on La Rive Droite. Houses trade at around 1 834 €/m², 29 % above apartments.
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 1 262 €/m² in 2021, the average price in Épinal reaches 1 427 €/m² in 2026, around +13 % 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 Épinal covered by Immover, ranked from the most expensive to the most affordable.
The Épinal market is that of a mid-sized county town backing onto a mountain range. With an average price of around 1 427 €/m² for an apartment, Épinal sits below Nancy and above the county towns of central France. Houses, at around 1 834 €/m², trade 29 % above apartments, a standard gap. Volume is modest, at 265 apartment sales a year: Épinal is a town of houses, and that is what explains the number of districts covered.
The gap between districts, at 41 %, is narrower than in most county towns: only Le Plateau de la Justice, the 1960s development zone, really breaks away, at 1 154 €/m². The rest of the town stays within a band of 1 262 to 1 624 €/m². Saint-Laurent, with 10 apartment sales a year, and Le Plateau de la Justice, with 18, should be read with caution for want of volume: on those pages, go by the average of the last two years rather than the movement of the latest one alone. Saint-Laurent shows the strongest five-year rise, at 23 %, but on the smallest sample in the town.
With an average price of around 1 427 €/m², Épinal sits well below the major French cities, at the level of the mid-sized county towns of eastern France. Its thousand-year-old historic centre, its position on the Moselle and the proximity of the Vosges massif make it a stable market.
Épinal was born of an island. In the tenth century a farm stood on an islet in the Moselle, Rualménil, the house on the river, and the town grew up around it. The historic core occupies the right bank, at the foot of the castle hill, today a ruin in a park, and around the basilique Saint-Maurice, whose thousand years can be read on its walls.
The left bank came later, between the railway and the water, with industry. The Imagerie d'Épinal print works, founded in 1796, made the town's name proverbial; the timber and paper industries did the rest, especially at Le Champ-du-Pin, which had seven factories after 1870. The twentieth century pushed the town up onto the heights, with the Plateau de la Justice priority development zone in the 1960s, and eastwards with Le Saut-le-Cerf, which grew from 500 inhabitants in 1947 to more than 6 000 in 2014.
The geography of prices follows that history. La Rive Droite, La Colombière and La Madeleine hold the top of the market, between 1 488 and 1 624 €/m². La Rive Gauche, L'Ouest Spinalien, Le Champ du Pin and Saint-Laurent form an even middle band, between 1 262 and 1 443 €/m². Le Plateau de la Justice brings up the rear, at 1 154 €/m². The gap between the most expensive and the most affordable district reaches only 41 %, a narrower spread than in most county towns.
The Épinal market is first of all a local one. It is carried by households from the employment area, the largest in the Vosges, where timber, paper, healthcare and public administration weigh heavily, and by first-time buyers for whom the entry ticket remains moderate. To them is added demand tied to green tourism: the town is the gateway to the Vosges massif, less than an hour from Gérardmer and the ski resorts. Houses, 29 % above apartments, capture most of the family demand.
The average price in Épinal is 1 427 €/m² for an apartment (actual DVF transactions, notarised sales), within a range of 1 083 to 1 682 €/m² depending on the district. Property portals show asking prices, 10 to 20 % above the prices actually recorded.
The gap is moderate for a county town: 41 % separate the most expensive district from the most affordable. La Rive Droite shows the highest average price, at around 1 624 €/m², while Le Plateau de la Justice sits at 1 154 €/m². Between the two, La Madeleine and La Colombière stand at around 1 500 €/m².
The town combines a historic centre more than a thousand years old around the basilique Saint-Maurice and the castle, a position on the Moselle at the gateway to the Vosges massif, less than an hour from Gérardmer, and prices below those of Nancy. The local economy rests on timber, healthcare and public administration.
Over five years the average price rises by around 13 %. Over the last twelve months the town gains 4,3 %. The movement is not uniform: Saint-Laurent, La Madeleine and La Rive Gauche rise clearly while L'Ouest Spinalien falls back.
The town-wide average price is not enough: you have to start from the price in your own district, then adjust for the age of the building, the condition, the energy rating, the floor and, on the right bank, whether there is a lift or parking, both rare in the older fabric. The Immover valuation tool draws on the actual sales closest to your address.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).