The average price per m² in Joinville-le-Pont is 5 582 €/m² for an apartment, within a range of 4,7 to 6,4 k€ per m², based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. Over the period, the market fell 6 % over 5 years and rose 0,2 % over the last 12 months, with about 169 transactions per year.
Illustration of Joinville-le-Pont, on the Marne, at the gates of the bois de Vincennes.
Apartments in Joinville-le-Pont sell at an average price of around 5 582 €/m², based on transactions actually completed (DVF data, the French notarised sales database). Prices range from about 4 605 €/m² in the Europe district to 6 175 €/m² in Centre-ville, a 34 % gap, but four districts out of six sit within 2,1 % of each other. Houses, at 7 203 €/m², cost 29 % more than apartments. The municipality records 169 apartment sales a year.
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 5 920 €/m² in 2021, the average price in Joinville-le-Pont reaches 5 582 €/m² in 2026, around -6 % 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 Joinville-le-Pont covered by Immover, ranked from the most expensive to the most affordable.
The Joinville-le-Pont market fell, then stabilised. The average apartment price went from 5 920 €/m² in 2021 to 5 582 in 2026, a fall of around 6 %, with a high point of 6 137 €/m² in 2022. The movement has stopped since: 5 576 €/m² in 2024, 5 586 in 2025, and a change of 0,2 % over the last twelve months. With 169 apartment sales a year, the town-wide trend is readable; at district level, volumes range from nine to 43 sales a year and call for more caution.
All six districts fall over five years, but not in the same proportions: Polangis limits the fall to 1 %, Centre-ville and Vautier lose 3 %, Quai de la Marne 9 %, Palissy 11 % and the Europe district 12 %. Over twelve months, Polangis gains 5,9 % and Palissy 5,1 %, the Europe district and Centre-ville are stable, Vautier falls by 4,0 % and Quai de la Marne by 13,4 %, on 26 sales a year and an irregular annual series: this last movement needs confirmation before any conclusion is drawn from it. For a seller, this means that the price is defended on the quality of the property and on the exact address more than on the district average. For a buyer, that the room for negotiation depends above all on the condition of the home and of the co-ownership building.
Joinville-le-Pont compared with the major French cities, on the average price per m² for an apartment.
Joinville-le-Pont occupies a bend of the Marne in the Val-de-Marne department, between the bois de Vincennes to the west and Champigny-sur-Marne to the east. The site is first of all a crossing point. In the twelfth century, a ferry crosses the river where the present bridge stands, and in 1110 King Louis VI grants the abbey of Saint-Maur the revenue from the toll levied on the crossing. In 1205, following an agreement between the bishop of Paris and the monks, the first wooden bridge links the abbey lands of Portus Longini, the future Polangis. Inns open on the banks and form a hamlet around 1259, which would take the name Pont de Saint-Maur.
The municipality is born in 1790, when the inhabitants proclaim their independence from Saint-Maur under the name La Branche-du-Pont-de-Saint-Maur. On 30 March 1814, the French army is defeated around the bridge by Austrian, Württemberg and Cossack regiments: the battle leaves 265 dead. In the meantime work begins on the canal de Saint-Maur, completed in 1821 and opened in 1825, with a length of 1 072 metres including a tunnel of 597 metres, which saves boats a bend of thirteen kilometres. In 1830, the timber merchant Laurent-Nicolas Pinson becomes mayor and obtains the change of name: by royal ordinance of 19 August 1831, the municipality becomes Joinville-le-Pont, in honour of François d'Orléans, prince de Joinville. The suffix avoids confusion with Joinville, in the Haute-Marne department.
The arrival of the railway in 1859 changes the purpose of the town. Parisians come on Sundays for boating and for the guinguettes on the banks of the Marne, the riverside dance and dining venues, and holiday houses are built at the water's edge. From 1860, M. and Mme Gille divide their property into plots along the chemin de Brétigny: the owner of ceramic workshops, M. Gille admired Bernard Palissy, who gave his name to the district. On the other bank, the estate of the château de Polangis is divided into plots from the end of the nineteenth century until 1929, with its canal dug in 1886 by the developers to sell the plots more easily. In 1882, Joseph Jougla founds a photographic plate and film company on the site.
The twentieth century is that of cinema and of losses of territory. In 1921, Pathé builds the Joinville studios at 20 avenue du Général-Gallieni, in the Palissy district, on 16 500 m²: between 1910 and 1970 they produce as much as 40 % of French films. In 1929, Paris annexes the whole of the bois de Vincennes and takes from the municipality the racecourse and the sports school that became the INSEP. The present bridge, in concrete, is delivered in 1937. The building of the A4 motorway leads in 1971 to the demolition of 130 houses and of several restaurants on the banks of the Marne; the studios close in 1987 and are demolished in 1991. The ZAC des Hauts de Joinville, a planned development zone launched in February 2011, has renewed the town centre. Today, 76,9 % of the homes in the municipality are apartments and 22,8 % are houses, despite the suburban house grid of Polangis and Palissy.
Joinville-le-Pont sells at 5 582 €/m² for an apartment, in a municipality of 20 525 inhabitants served by the RER A and backing onto the bois de Vincennes. The housing stock is mainly in blocks of flats, with 76,9 % apartments, and occupancy is split between 47,5 % owner-occupiers and 50,6 % tenants, a quarter of them in social housing. The buyer profile is that of families and working people employed in the metropolitan area, first-time buyers looking for quick access to the centre without paying centre prices, and investors targeting the rental market. Three points to know before buying. The first is the shape of the market: Centre-ville stands apart at 6 175 €/m², the Europe district stays at 4 605 €/m², and between the two, Quai de la Marne, Vautier, Palissy and Polangis sit within 2,1 % of each other, from 5 373 to 5 487 €/m². The second is the divide made by the Marne: the right bank of Joinville-le-Haut and the left bank of Joinville-le-Bas do not offer the same building stock, more collective and more commercial on one side, more suburban houses on the other. The third is the trend: the municipality has lost 6 % in five years, after a high point in 2022, and has stabilised over the last twelve months, at 0,2 %.
The average price in Joinville-le-Pont is 5 582 €/m² for an apartment (actual DVF transactions, notarised sales), within a range of 4 717 to 6 369 €/m² depending on the district. Property portals show asking prices, 10 to 20 % higher than the prices actually recorded.
Centre-ville, on the right bank, at 6 175 €/m², 11 % above the town-wide average. Then come Quai de la Marne at 5 487 €/m², Vautier at 5 453 €/m² and Palissy at 5 441 €/m². The Europe district comes last at 4 605 €/m²: Centre-ville costs 34 % more.
At 4 605 €/m², it is 18 % below the town-wide average. The area, in the south-west, runs along the canal de Saint-Maur, its lock and the water works, a setting that is more technical than residential, and it lies away from the shops and the station. It is also the smallest market in the municipality, with nine apartment sales a year.
No. The Joinville studios stood at 20 avenue du Général-Gallieni, in the Palissy district and not in Polangis, as is often written. They closed in 1987, their activity was transferred to Bry-sur-Marne, and the buildings were demolished in 1991 to make way for a residential development.
Over five years, yes: the average apartment price went from 5 920 €/m² in 2021 to 5 582 in 2026, a fall of around 6 %, after a high point of 6 137 €/m² in 2022. Over twelve months the market is stable, at 0,2 %. Polangis and Palissy are rising over one year, while Quai de la Marne is falling.
Houses cost 7 203 €/m², 29 % more than apartments at 5 582 €/m². A house market exists, but it remains a minority one: 22,8 % of the homes in the municipality are houses, concentrated in the housing estates of Polangis and Palissy and along the Marne.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).