The average price per m² in Herserange is 1 829 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 16 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Herserange, a municipality of the Longwy basin with a steelmaking heritage, on the doorstep of Luxembourg, in Meurthe-et-Moselle.
The average price recorded in Herserange stands at 1 829 €/m². This average combines a housing stock split between townhouses inherited from the workers' housing estates and apartments located in more recent buildings or in former apartment blocks built by the steel companies. The differences around this average are mainly due to property type, floor area, overall condition, energy performance and location, notably proximity to the Luxembourg border and to Longwy. The market remains marked by the limited number of sales recorded each year in the municipality, which can accentuate variations from one property to another. These figures come from DVF data, the French notarised sales database, which lists the sales actually signed with notaries, and provide a municipal benchmark to be refined property by property according to the project.
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 Herserange market follows the momentum of the Longwy basin, driven for several years by the appeal of the Luxembourg job market. A growing share of the municipality's working population works across the border, where salaries remain well above those in Lorraine, which supports housing demand on the French side despite the population decline observed in the municipality. Buyers, often cross-border commuters or families from the Pays-Haut, look for a compromise between an affordable budget and a short journey to Luxembourg.
Supply remains marked by the legacy of working-class housing from the steel industry, with townhouses to renovate and older buildings that often require insulation work. Energy performance and the overall condition of the property have become important bargaining points in this segment. The immediate proximity of the border continues to drive demand, in a market where prices remain noticeably lower than in Longwy and Villerupt, other municipalities of the basin also sought after by cross-border commuters.
On the doorstep of Luxembourg, in the Longwy basin, Herserange sits below Longwy and Villerupt, but above Val de Briey, further inland in the department.
The name Herserange comes from a Germanic personal name, Helzelo, combined with the suffix -ing/-ingen, gallicised as -ange like many municipalities of the Pays-Haut. The old forms attest to this origin: Herselange in 1273, Herckeringen in the 14th century, then Hertzerangen in 1475. Under the Ancien Régime, the locality came under the bailiwick of Longwy between 1685 and 1789, before being attached to the diocese of Trèves, in the deanery of Arlon, which already placed it within the religious and administrative orbit of the neighbouring Germanic and Luxembourg world. This position at the junction of Lorraine, Luxembourg and Belgium explains the lasting economic and human ties that Herserange maintains with its cross-border neighbours, well before the industrial boom that would transform the village in the 19th century.
The built heritage of Herserange bears the mark of its steelmaking past. The Herserange forge, founded in 1553 at the place called le Breuil de l'Aulnois, is considered one of the very first blast furnaces in Lorraine. Another blast furnace was built around 1825 at the place called la Sauvage, active until around 1865 then demolished in 1881. The fourth blast furnace on the site, built around 1912, operated until 1988 before being blown up on 19 July 1991, marking the end of a century and a half of local metalworking. The old village retains the Saints-Pierre-et-Paul church, rebuilt between 1755 and 1757 and restored in 1873, while the Notre-Dame-de-Senelle church, built between 1924 and 1928, serves the neighbourhoods born of working-class expansion. The fontaine de Vulcain, seven metres high and covered in glazed ceramic, recalls the local tradition of Longwy enamel.
Herserange was part of the canton of Longwy until 1973, before becoming the seat of its own canton. Since 2021, the municipality has belonged to Grand Longwy Agglomération, the inter-municipal authority. It lies within the Longwy urban unit, one kilometre north-east of the town centre, and within the cross-border catchment area that brings together France, Luxembourg and Belgium. The conversion of the steelmaking basin, completed with the shutdown of the last blast furnace in 1988, has profoundly changed the economic face of Herserange: industrial jobs have largely given way to cross-border work, with a growing share of the municipality's working population crossing the border every day to reach Luxembourg, a few minutes' drive away via Longlaville or Mont-Saint-Martin. The working-class housing inherited from the steelmaking era now coexists with this new residential profile, oriented towards cross-border employment rather than local industry.
Herserange has 4 170 inhabitants according to INSEE, the French statistics institute. The municipality has kept a housing stock largely inherited from its steelmaking past, with a significant share of townhouses and workers' homes built by the metalworking companies at the turn of the 20th century, alongside more recent buildings. This dense fabric with little greenery, typical of the industrial Pays-Haut, contrasts with the image of a greener Lorraine countryside found elsewhere in the department. The immediate proximity of Luxembourg, a few minutes' drive away, attracts working households employed across the border who are looking for more affordable housing than on the Luxembourg side. Families and first-time buyers turn both to the townhouses of the older housing and to the apartments of more recent residential buildings, depending on their budget and household size.
The average price recorded in Herserange stands at 1 829 €/m², based on sales registered with notaries and published in DVF data. This figure combines varied properties, townhouses as well as apartments. Property type, floor area, condition, energy performance and location, notably proximity to the Luxembourg border, explain most of the differences around this average. For a reliable valuation, it is better to rely on sales of comparable properties than on the municipal average alone.
Herserange is only a few minutes from the Luxembourg border, via the crossings at Longlaville and Mont-Saint-Martin, which give quick access to Pétange and Rodange. The municipality also benefits from the proximity of Longwy, one kilometre away, for everyday shops and services. This location makes it a sought-after residential base for working people employed in Luxembourg, where salaries and the job market remain more attractive than in Lorraine. The roads linking the Pays-Haut to the border shape a good part of the municipality's commuting journeys.
Herserange keeps the visible imprint of its industrial past: lanes of workers' houses, the site of the former forges and blast furnaces, the Saints-Pierre-et-Paul church of the old village. The last blast furnace, shut down in 1988 and blown up in 1991, gave way to a dense urban fabric, without much farmland around the buildings. It is not a countryside municipality in the classic sense, but a village of the Pays-Haut whose built-up area runs continuously into its neighbours in the Longwy conurbation. The atmosphere remains marked by this identity of a converted steelmaking basin, now oriented towards cross-border work rather than the factory.
The housing stock of Herserange includes a notable share of townhouses from the workers' housing estates built by the steel companies, alongside apartments in more recent buildings. A townhouse suits families looking for more space on a budget that remains affordable compared with housing costs on the Luxembourg side. An apartment is better suited to small households or first-time buyers who favour a tighter budget and reduced upkeep. Your choice will depend above all on your life plans and your investment capacity.
The municipality is organised around the old village and its church, then extends towards the neighbourhoods born of working-class expansion in the early 20th century, such as the Senelle area. The streets closest to the former industrial site, now redeveloped, offer older buildings, while other areas benefit from more recent housing. Proximity to Longwy and the Luxembourg border remains a deciding factor for many buyers, to be weighed against the density of the urban fabric. Each area deserves a visit to assess its immediate surroundings.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).