The average price per m² in Fillinges is 4 252 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 18 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Fillinges, at the entrance to the vallée Verte.
In Fillinges, the market benchmark is around 4 252 €/m² for an apartment. This firm level is explained by the municipality's place in the French Genevois, at the mouth of the vallée Verte and very close to Annemasse, within the orbit of the Geneva employment area. The figure rests on the DVF database, which compiles the transactions completed before a notary rather than the prices displayed in agency windows. It serves as an order of magnitude: location, aspect, condition and transport links shift the real value up or down.
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 Fillinges market lives under pressure from the Geneva area and from a dynamic population. Demand from working families and cross-border workers, with high purchasing power, keeps tension on houses and new developments. The limited number of sales each year makes each transaction depend on the individual qualities of the property, location, condition and transport links, more than on a general movement.
Over the next few years, two forces answer each other. On one side, the shortage of buildable land and the lasting appeal of the French Genevois consolidate values. On the other, energy efficiency increasingly separates properties, with a discount for energy-hungry homes. Dependence on Swiss employment remains an underlying factor, exposed to the ups and downs of the cross-border economy.
Fillinges sits in the upper part of its area: its prices exceed those of Annemasse, the neighbouring central town, and come close to those of border residential municipalities such as Cranves-Sales.
Fillinges occupies a crossroads of valleys in Haute-Savoie, where the vallée Verte meets those of the Arve and the Giffre, at the foot of the Voirons. The Menoge, rising higher up the vallée Verte, crosses the municipality before flowing into the Arve near Annemasse. This landscape of hillsides and scattered hamlets carries a long rural tradition, shaped by the farming life of the Faucigny.
Devoted for centuries to agriculture, with a marked market-gardening focus in the 19th century, the municipality saw its economy shift with the rise of cross-border work towards Geneva and the approach of the Annemasse conurbation. A semi-urban population settled here, employed in Annemasse, in Geneva or in the Arve valley, but attached to greener surroundings.
Part of the Grand Genève, Fillinges today lives to the residential rhythm of Annemasse, a few kilometres away. It combines meadows, hillsides and the approaches to the mountain ranges with the services of an active village. Its population has risen sharply since the start of the 2000s, driven by the appeal of the French Genevois and by the search for space a short distance from the border.
According to INSEE (France's national statistics institute), Fillinges has around 3 671 inhabitants, a figure rising steadily for some twenty years. Buyers are mainly working households: families employed in Annemasse or in the Arve valley, and cross-border workers employed on the Swiss side, whose earnings pull prices upwards. Main residences concentrate demand, in a stock dominated by detached houses and new developments. The twofold proximity of Geneva and Annemasse pushes the market towards lasting family purchases rather than towards investment.
Expect close to 4 252 €/m² for an apartment in Fillinges. This value comes from the DVF sales signed before notaries. It remains an average: a new home, a renovated house or a property in need of refreshing can depart clearly from it, according to floor area, condition, location and transport links.
The hamlets and the detached-house areas, with a house, a plot and views over the ranges, attract families and cross-border workers looking for quiet. Recent developments close to the routes into Annemasse appeal to workers in a hurry to reach the border. Ease of access to the Swiss crossings and to the employment centres remains a key factor of value.
Fillinges is only a few kilometres from Annemasse, which opens access to services, transport and the cross-border job market of Geneva, the main driver of demand. The Arve valley and the A40 motorway complete the links. Staying connected to the Grand Genève without giving up a semi-rural setting is one of the municipality's major assets.
The market gives pride of place to detached houses, much sought after by families for space and a plot, in this setting of hillsides and hamlets. Apartments, driven by recent developments, remain an option for a first purchase or for a cross-border worker close to the main routes. Everything depends on budget and plans, but detached property accounts for most sales.
Pressure on land in the French Genevois makes buildable plots scarce and dearer, which weighs on budgets. The hillside relief and the farming or natural zones limit what can be built in places. The property's energy rating deserves attention. Before committing, check at the town hall, through the local planning document, what a plot actually allows.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).