The average price per m² in La Balme-de-Sillingy is 4 221 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 47 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of La Balme-de-Sillingy, at the foot of the Mandallaz, near Annecy.
The average price of apartments in La Balme-de-Sillingy stands at 4 221 €/m², based on the DVF transactions actually registered with notaries (DVF is the French record of notarised property sales). Set some ten kilometres north-west of Annecy, at the foot of the Mandallaz mountain, the municipality fully feels the property pressure that bears on the whole Annecy area. This high price level reflects the scarcity of land, the proximity of Lake Annecy and the appeal of a setting between mountain and farming plain. Demand comes from working households employed in Annecy and its outskirts, and from families looking for quick access to the conurbation while staying in the green. Location, aspect, view and the presence of outdoor space or a plot strongly influence property values.
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 La Balme-de-Sillingy market follows the very tight momentum of the Annecy area, one of the dearest in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The municipality benefits from a position both close to the conurbation and turned towards a mountain setting, which attracts working households and cross-border workers. The scarcity of land, constrained by the relief of the Mandallaz and by the protection of farmland, sustains demand above available supply.
Several factors durably support values. The proximity of Annecy and its lake, access to Swiss cross-border employment and the quality of the living environment are strong assets for buyers. The trade-off lies in high prices that exclude part of first-time buyers and in a market where the precise location, the view and the aspect create wide gaps. The municipality thus remains a sought-after spillover market on the outskirts of Annecy, somewhat more affordable than its immediate ring.
La Balme-de-Sillingy sits behind Annecy and the municipalities of its immediate ring such as Poisy, while remaining clearly above areas further from the lake such as Rumilly, the Annecy market as a whole staying tight.
La Balme-de-Sillingy is a former rural municipality of the Savoyard foreland, backing onto the Mandallaz massif, which rises to more than nine hundred metres. Its territory, long shared between crops, meadows and vines, belonged to the county of Geneva before Savoy was attached to France in 1860. The name Balme, common in the Alps, denotes a cave or a rock shelter, a striking feature of the local limestone relief.
The municipality preserves traces of its seigneurial past, notably the château de La Balme, a former fortified house dating back to the 14th and 16th centuries, once called château Cosengier. Around the village, activity long remained agricultural, shaped by the hamlets scattered at the foot of the mountain and along the routes linking Annecy to Frangy and to the Geneva country.
From the second half of the 20th century, the proximity of Annecy deeply transformed the municipality. La Balme-de-Sillingy became a residential and economic centre on the outskirts of Annecy, with the growth of housing estates, business zones and facilities along the departmental road 1508. Its population, rising fast, today exceeds five thousand inhabitants, while keeping a setting marked by the mountain and the farmland.
La Balme-de-Sillingy has a little over 5 300 inhabitants and belongs to the Fier et Usses community of municipalities, in the Annecy district. The housing stock is dominated by detached houses, inherited from the residential growth of recent decades, complemented by more recent blocks of flats near the centre and the main roads. Main residences make up almost the entire stock, with a large share of owner-occupiers. Buyers are mainly working households from the Annecy conurbation and cross-border workers commuting to Switzerland, drawn by a setting between lake and mountain and by prices somewhat more measured than in the immediate ring around Annecy. Demand remains strong and available land limited.
The average price of apartments in La Balme-de-Sillingy is 4 221 €/m², based on the DVF transactions actually registered with notaries. This high level fits within the general tightness of the Annecy area, one of the dearest markets in the region. The average covers noticeable gaps depending on location, the view over the mountain, aspect and the condition of the home.
Prices in La Balme-de-Sillingy are pulled up by the proximity of Annecy, whose conurbation faces strong property pressure, and by the presence of many cross-border workers commuting to neighbouring Switzerland. Buildable land is scarce, squeezed between the Mandallaz mountain and protected farmland, which limits new supply and supports values. The living environment, between lake and mountain, further reinforces this appeal.
La Balme-de-Sillingy is linked to Annecy by the departmental road 1508, the main route between Frangy, the Annecy area and the Geneva country, which places the centre of Annecy some ten kilometres away. This route, along with the neighbouring business zones of Sillingy and Épagny, shapes residents' daily journeys to the conurbation's employment centres. The municipality is also served by departmental coach lines.
The municipality stretches at the foot of the Mandallaz mountain, which rises to more than nine hundred metres, and has a lake popular for leisure. This setting, between wooded slopes, farming plain and the proximity of Lake Annecy, adds to residential appeal and weighs on property values, particularly for homes with an open view or a quiet environment.
The La Balme-de-Sillingy market is aimed mainly at working households from the Annecy conurbation and at cross-border workers, and at families looking for a house in the green within reasonable reach of the town. With a benchmark price of 4 221 €/m² on apartments, the municipality ranks among the sought-after areas of the Annecy basin. Houses with a plot and properties offering a view over the mountain are among the most in demand.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).