The average price per m² in Gap is 2 389 €/m² for an apartment, within a range of 1,9 to 2,8 k€ per m², based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. Over the period, the market rose 8 % over 5 years and rose 2,9 % over the last 12 months, with about 396 transactions per year.
Illustration of Gap, from the old town to the peaks of the Southern Alps.
Apartments in Gap sell at an average price of around 2 389 €/m², based on transactions actually recorded (DVF data, the French database of notarised sales). The prefecture town of the Hautes-Alpes, set at 735 metres above sea level, the highest in France, the town shows moderate gaps from one district to the next. Prices run from about 2 087 €/m² in La Gare, to the east, to 2 959 €/m² in Les Eyssagnières, to the west. The town centre, which accounts for a quarter of all sales, holds at 2 259 €/m². Houses trade at around 3 116 €/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.
After 2 205 €/m² in 2021, the average price in Gap reaches 2 389 €/m² in 2026, roughly +8 % 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 Gap covered by Immover, ranked from the most expensive to the most affordable.
The Gap market is that of a mountain prefecture town, resting on an employment base of public administration and hospitals and on a local tourist economy. With an average price of around 2 389 €/m² for an apartment, Gap sits above most prefecture towns of its size, without reaching the levels of the coast of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Houses, at around 3 116 €/m², trade 30 % above apartments, a marked gap that comes from the scarcity of buildable land in a mountain basin.
The gap between districts is moderate: 42 % separates Les Eyssagnières from La Gare, where many towns of this size exceed 60 %. The slopes of the west and north hold the top of the market, the north-east and the south form the base, the floor of the basin brings up the rear. The market is up about 8 % over five years and 2,9 % over twelve months. Volume is comfortable, at 396 apartment sales a year, a quarter of them in the town centre alone.
With an average price of around 2 389 €/m², Gap sits below the large French cities and far below the coastal towns of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its position as a mountain prefecture town, at the gateway to the Écrins national park, makes it a market apart, closer to that of a medium-sized inland town.
Gap is the highest prefecture town in France: its centre sits at 735 metres, and the town's territory rises to 2 385 metres at the Raz de Bec. The town settled in a basin, where the Luye opens out, between the Charance mountain to the west and the col Bayard to the north, on the road linking Provence to the Dauphiné.
The old town is laid out around the cathedral of Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Arnoux and its narrow streets, ringed by a crown of boulevards opened in the nineteenth century. Beyond, urbanisation followed the slopes and the small valleys: Puymaure and Chabanas to the north-west, Molines and Les Fauvins to the east, Fontreyne and Beauregard to the south-west. The Charance estate, with its lake at 1 141 metres and the national alpine botanical conservatory, borders the town to the west.
The geography of prices follows altitude and outlook. The slopes of the west and north, from Les Eyssagnières to Puymaure, form the top of the market between 2 900 and 2 960 €/m². The north-east and the south, from Villarobert to Saint-Roch by way of Beauregard, hold between 2 520 and 2 600 €/m². The floor of the basin, from the town centre to the station, brings up the rear between 2 087 and 2 269 €/m². The gap between the most expensive district and the most affordable stays contained, at 42 %.
The Gap market is first of all a local one: first-time buyers, families and working buyers from an employment area where public administration, healthcare and tourism weigh heavily. To that is added second-home demand, driven by the nearby Hautes-Alpes ski resorts and the Écrins national park, and demand from valley workers who prefer to live in the prefecture town. Houses, much sought after on the slopes, trade 30 % above apartments.
The average price in Gap is 2 389 €/m² for an apartment (actual DVF transactions, notarised sales), within a range of 1 891 to 2 818 €/m² depending on the district. Listing portals show asking prices, 10 to 20 % above the prices actually recorded at signing.
No, but the gaps stay contained. Les Eyssagnières, to the west, shows the highest average price, at around 2 959 €/m², while La Gare, to the east, sits at around 2 087 €/m², 29 % less. Between the two, the town centre, Villeneuve and Molines hold between 2 220 and 2 270 €/m².
Gap combines the status of a prefecture town, a stable employment area driven by public administration and healthcare, and an unusual position: the town lies at the foot of the Hautes-Alpes ski resorts and at the gateway to the Écrins national park, while keeping a very sunny climate. The market here is far more affordable than on the coast of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
Houses trade at around 3 116 €/m², 30 % above apartments. The explanation is topographical: the relief limits buildable land, and hillside houses, with views of the mountain ranges, draw the most solvent demand, both local and from outside.
The town-wide average is not enough: you need to start from the price in your own district, then adjust for the aspect, the view over the ranges, the relative altitude, the year of construction, the condition and the energy performance. In Gap more than anywhere, two identical properties a few hundred metres apart in height are not worth the same price.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).