The average price per m² in Grenade is 2 183 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 38 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Grenade, a medieval bastide on the Garonne, north of Toulouse in the Haute-Garonne.
The average price of apartments in Grenade stands at 2 183 €/m², based on DVF transactions actually registered with notaries (DVF is the French record of notarised property sales). This is an intermediate level for the Toulouse commuter belt, below the municipalities close to Blagnac airport but supported by the pull of the metropolitan area. This average covers a stock dominated by houses: dwellings in the centre of the bastide, suburban housing estates and a few more recent apartment blocks. Houses, in the majority in the municipality, trade on average at around 2 621 €/m². Floor area, the presence of outdoor space, the location within the grid of the bastide or on the outskirts and the condition of the property all make the value of a dwelling vary. The market is driven by peri-urban growth, which regularly brings in new households from Toulouse and its urban area.
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 Grenade market is that of a growing peri-urban municipality, driven by the spread of the Toulouse urban area. Demand rests on a more affordable budget than close to Toulouse, on the setting of the bastide and of the Garonne plain, and on the regular arrival of families. Transactions mainly involve houses, between resales of the suburban stock and more recent dwellings, complemented by a more limited number of apartments in the centre.
Several factors support this price level. The closeness of Toulouse and of its employment catchment, the axis of the Garonne and the heritage appeal of the bastide sustain continuous residential demand. Conversely, the relative distance from central Toulouse, the absence of a railway station and the dependence on the car cap the rise in prices and keep levels below those of the inner-ring municipalities around Blagnac airport.
Grenade sits below Blagnac and below the municipalities close to the airport, and at a level close to Colomiers and Cornebarrieu. The bastide remains a more affordable choice in the northern commuter belt of Toulouse.
Grenade, also known as Grenade-sur-Garonne, is a bastide founded in 1290. The paréage charter was signed that year between Pierre Alafarici, of the abbaye de Grandselve, and Eustache de Beaumarchais, seneschal of Toulouse acting for King Philippe le Bel. Like the other bastides of the South-West, the new town was laid out on a regular grid plan, one of the best preserved in France.
The landmark of the bastide is its great market hall, the largest medieval building of its kind in France. Covering about one thousand eight hundred square metres, it is one of the oldest and largest medieval halls still standing in the country. Analyses of the timber frame have shown that some of the wood was felled in 1293, within a few years of the foundation.
Set on the Garonne, in a farming plain north of Toulouse, Grenade long lived off its market, off farming and off river trade. Since the 1970s, the municipality has seen strong growth linked to the spread of the Toulouse urban area, which has taken it from a market town to a peri-urban town, while keeping the layout and the market hall of its original bastide.
Grenade has 9 062 inhabitants and belongs to the catchment area of Toulouse. The stock is dominated by houses, between dwellings in the centre of the bastide, suburban housing estates and more recent developments born of peri-urban growth. Buyers are mainly families and first-time buyers who work in the Toulouse urban area and are looking for a more affordable budget than in the municipalities close to Toulouse and to Blagnac airport. Demand for a main residence dominates, driven by the regular arrival of new households.
The average price of apartments in Grenade is 2 183 €/m², based on DVF transactions actually completed before notaries. Houses, which are in the majority, trade on average at around 2 621 €/m². These averages vary with floor area, the presence of outdoor space, the location within the grid of the bastide or on the outskirts, and the condition of the property. The level remains an intermediate one for the Toulouse commuter belt.
Grenade lies within the catchment area of Toulouse, some twenty kilometres north of the metropolitan area. Prices there are more affordable than in the municipalities close to Toulouse and to Blagnac airport, which attracts families and first-time buyers who work in the urban area. The setting of the bastide and of the Garonne plain reinforces this residential appeal.
Grenade is linked to Toulouse by road, mainly by the RD2 and the routes that follow the Garonne, as well as by bus services of the Toulouse commuter belt. The municipality has no railway station: daily access towards Toulouse and Blagnac airport is mostly by car. This closeness to the metropolitan area is the main driver of the local market.
Yes, very largely. The stock is dominated by houses, between the centre of the bastide and the suburban estates developed over the course of peri-urban growth. Apartments remain a minority and are concentrated in the centre and in a few schemes. This structure directs a large part of demand towards houses, sought after by families for their floor area and their outdoor space.
The choice depends on the budget and on the plan. The reference price of 2 183 €/m² relates to apartments, found mostly in the centre of the bastide. Houses, in the majority in the municipality, trade on average at around 2 621 €/m², owing to their floor area and their outdoor space. Families most often turn to a house, while an apartment offers a more accessible entry ticket.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).