The average price per m² in La Côte-Saint-André is 2 061 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 34 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of La Côte-Saint-André, in the Bièvre plain, in Isère.
The average price of apartments in La Côte-Saint-André stands at 2 061 €/m², based on DVF data, the French notarised sales database, covering transactions actually registered with notaries. Houses, which make up most of the housing stock of this rural small town, come out at 2 322 €/m² from the same source. This moderate level is consistent with the municipality's position in the Bièvre plain, away from the major urban areas of Isère. The stock mixes older houses in the town centre, detached houses on housing developments and a few small apartment blocks around the centre. The condition of the property, the size of the plot and closeness to the market hall and shops make the value of a home vary. The market remains narrow, with just over thirty sales a year across all property types.
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 Côte-Saint-André market remains that of a rural small town in the Bièvre plain: limited volume, a strong predominance of houses and moderate prices. Demand comes mainly from local families and from households coming from neighbouring urban areas, attracted by a rural setting and a lower purchase cost than in the Grenoble basin. The scarcity of apartments limits direct comparison between segments.
Several factors sustain this price level. Distance from the major urban hubs, the farming vocation of the Bièvre plain and a stock dominated by older buildings keep prices accessible. Conversely, the quality of the town's heritage, the activity linked to the Berlioz festival and its role as a service hub for the rural area support steady demand. The market therefore moves at the pace of resales and family projects rather than of sustained new construction.
La Côte-Saint-André sits below the municipalities of the neighbouring urban areas of Voiron and the Grésivaudan, closer to Grenoble. The fairest comparison is with the small towns of western Isère, whose levels are similar or slightly higher.
La Côte-Saint-André is an old small town of the Bièvre plain, whose skyline is marked by its medieval market hall, a vast fourteenth-century timber frame that once housed fairs and the grain trade. The castle, remodelled at the end of the Middle Ages and associated with the memory of Louis XI, overlooks the town and the farming plain that stretches to the north.
The municipality is the birthplace of Hector Berlioz, a composer born in 1803 in a house in the town centre now turned into a museum. This heritage has given rise to an annual festival devoted to his music, which livens up the summer and contributes to the municipality's reputation well beyond the Bièvre plain.
La Côte-Saint-André also has an industrial tradition linked to distilling: the making of liqueurs, including cherry liqueur, is long established here and remains an identified activity of the municipality. As the chief town of its canton and a service hub for a rural area, the town keeps a lively shopping centre. The municipality today has 4 873 inhabitants.
La Côte-Saint-André has 4 873 inhabitants and acts as a small rural hub for the Bièvre plain, in western Isère. The housing stock is dominated by houses, between older buildings in the town centre and detached houses on developments from the second half of the twentieth century, with a high share of owner-occupiers. Buyers are mainly local families and households coming from neighbouring urban areas, from Voiron to Bourgoin-Jallieu, looking for a rural setting and a purchase budget lower than in the Grenoble urban area. Measured prices remain moderate, which makes it an accessible market for a first purchase or a family home with land.
The average price of apartments in La Côte-Saint-André is 2 061 €/m², based on DVF transactions actually completed before notaries. Houses, the majority in this rural small town, come out on average at 2 322 €/m² from the same source. These averages cover gaps depending on the condition of the property, the size of the plot and the location in the town centre or on the outlying housing developments.
The town keeps its fourteenth-century medieval market hall, one of the largest timber frames of this type preserved in the Dauphiné, and a castle associated with the memory of Louis XI. The municipality is also the birthplace of Hector Berlioz, celebrated every summer by a festival, and keeps a tradition of liqueur distilling. This rich heritage contributes to its identity in the Bièvre plain.
La Côte-Saint-André lies in western Isère, in the Bièvre plain, away from the major urban areas. It is connected by road to Voiron, to La Tour-du-Pin and to the route towards Bourgoin-Jallieu and Grenoble. This rural position, at a distance from urban hubs, explains a calmer market and prices below those of the municipalities of the Grenoble urban area.
Sales volume is modest, in keeping with a small town of fewer than five thousand inhabitants, with just over thirty transactions a year across all property types. The high share of owner-occupiers limits turnover, and supply consists mainly of house resales and a few housing developments. Renovated, well-located properties in the town centre find buyers more quickly than older buildings needing work.
The market is clearly dominated by houses, with an average price of 2 322 €/m², whether older buildings in the town centre or detached houses with land on housing developments. Apartments, fewer in number, trade at 2 061 €/m² on average and suit a first purchase or a tight budget. The choice depends mainly on the need for outdoor space and on plans for life in a rural setting.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).