The average price per m² in Gonesse is 3 029 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 82 transactions are recorded each year.
Mood illustration of Gonesse, the former baking town of the pays de France, in the Val-d'Oise.
In Gonesse, the average price of apartments stands at 3 029 €/m², based on the sales actually recorded in the DVF database kept from notarial deeds. That level places the municipality in the middle range of the towns on the north-eastern edge of the Paris conurbation, below the most highly valued sectors of the Val-d'Oise but above several neighbouring municipalities. The stock mixes post-war housing estates inherited from the reconstruction, more recent blocks and suburban detached houses. Location relative to transport and to the nuisance linked to the closeness of the airports, the condition of the home and its energy performance explain most of the gaps from one property to another. These figures, drawn from the transactions signed before notaries, give a reliable municipal benchmark; a precise valuation then rests on comparable sales, examined property by property.
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 Gonesse market is a working-class suburban market, driven by local demand and by the search for affordable housing in the Île-de-France. First-time buyers and families find there larger floor areas than in Paris, at markedly lower prices. Energy performance has become an important bargaining point on the older housing estates, where the worst-rated homes sell at a discount.
How the market moves will depend a great deal on the development and transport schemes of the north-east of Paris, which could strengthen access to the municipality. For a seller, the precise location, notably with regard to aircraft noise and to transport, plays a decisive part: a well-placed and correctly priced property stands out, while an over-ambitious price settles in for a long stay on a market where buyers compare with the neighbouring towns.
Gonesse sits in an intermediate price range for the sector, more affordable than Aulnay-sous-Bois but above neighbouring municipalities such as Sarcelles or Villiers-le-Bel.
Occupied since prehistoric times, Gonesse truly appears in the 9th century under the name Gaunissa. Set in the fertile plain of the pays de France, north-east of Paris, the municipality stood out in the Middle Ages for its woollen cloth manufacture, active between the 11th and 14th centuries.
Gonesse owes its reputation above all to its bread. Under the Ancien Régime, the bread of Gonesse was renowned as far as the tables of the Court, and the town's bakers supplied part of the Paris markets. That tradition of itinerant baking lastingly marked the identity of the town, anchored in the wheat lands of the pays de France.
The town saw strong urban growth in the 20th century, carried by the spread of the Paris suburbs and by the closeness of the airports of Le Bourget and then Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle. It keeps an older heritage, including its town hall, while living with the presence of major infrastructure and vast farmland still preserved at its gates.
With nearly 27 700 inhabitants, Gonesse is a working-class suburban town of the Val-d'Oise, halfway between Paris and the large airport platforms. The market there is driven by local households: first-time buyers and families looking for affordable housing near the employment areas of northern Paris, and workers employed on the neighbouring airport and logistics zones. Rental demand is real, fed by nearby jobs. The measured price level makes the town an ownership option for budgets under pressure in the Île-de-France.
The average price of apartments in Gonesse is 3 029 €/m², based on the DVF transactions actually completed before notaries. That average covers varied situations, from the housing estate flat in need of renovation to the recent apartment. The storey, the general condition, energy performance and location explain the gaps around that value. A reliable valuation rests on comparable sales rather than on the municipal average alone.
Gonesse is among the affordable towns on the north-eastern edge of the Paris conurbation. The weight of the post-war housing estates, the closeness of airport nuisance and a local job market oriented towards logistics bear on residential demand. In return, the municipality offers entry prices that are contained for the Île-de-France, which makes it a gateway to ownership for first-time buyers.
The closeness of the airports of Le Bourget and Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle cuts both ways. It brings jobs and good road access, which supports rental demand, but the noise linked to air traffic bears on certain sectors. The precise location of a home in relation to the flight paths and the transport routes therefore clearly influences its value in Gonesse.
The old centre, around the town hall, keeps a suburban built fabric and a few town houses. The post-war housing estates of the second half of the 20th century concentrate the lowest prices, while the detached sectors and the recent blocks trade above. The farming plain of the pays de France, still present at the gates of the town, marks the boundary between the urban area and the vast neighbouring sites.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).