The average price per m² in La Courneuve is 2 882 €/m² for an apartment, within a range of 2,3 to 3,4 k€ per m², based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. Over the period, the market fell 7 % over 5 years and fell 4,6 % over the last 12 months, with about 98 transactions per year.
Illustration of La Courneuve, between the cité des 4000 estate, the tramway and the parc Georges-Valbon.
Apartments in La Courneuve sell at an average price of around 2 882 €/m², based on transactions actually recorded (DVF data, the French database of notarised sales). A town of the Plaine Commune area served by the RER B, metro line 7 and tramway T1, it shows clear gaps from one area to the next. Prices run from about 1 996 €/m² in Verlaine, to the north, to 3 401 €/m² in Les Quatre-Routes, to the east. The town centre, around the town hall, stands at 2 778 €/m². Houses, at around 3 894 €/m², trade well above apartments: detached housing is scarce and sought after.
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 3 105 €/m² in 2021, the average price in La Courneuve reaches 2 882 €/m² in 2026, a change of roughly -7 % 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 La Courneuve covered by Immover, ranked from the most expensive to the most affordable.
The La Courneuve market is that of a working-class town of the inner Paris suburbs, marked by its industrial past and by the mass housing of the 1960s. With an average price of around 2 882 €/m² for an apartment, La Courneuve sits well below the Seine-Saint-Denis average and at a level close to that of the most expensive mid-sized provincial cities, for a level of transport service typical of the Paris region. Houses, at around 3 894 €/m², trade 35 % above.
The fall of 7 % recorded over five years follows the movement of the department. The gap between districts, for its part, remains structural: the east, better served by the metro and with a more mixed fabric, exceeds 3 300 €/m² while the north, where social housing dominates, sits at around 2 000 to 2 400 €/m². With about 98 apartment sales a year across the whole town, the district averages rest on few transactions: those of Les Quatre-Routes and Rateau in particular vary appreciably from one year to the next.
With an average price of around 2 882 €/m², La Courneuve ranks among the most affordable towns of the inner Paris suburbs, for a level of service provided by the RER B, metro line 7 and tramway T1. The parc Georges-Valbon and the urban renewal schemes make it a town watched closely by first-time buyers and investors.
La Courneuve was still a market-gardening village in the nineteenth century, before industry transformed it. In 1898 the American firm Babcock & Wilcox opened a boilermaking plant there on three hectares, served by the northern railway line, which would become the largest industrial boiler works in France, with close to two thousand employees by the end of the 1950s. The engineer Auguste Rateau set up an electromechanical construction plant of his own, which passed to the CGE-Alsthom group in 1970.
The post-war years brought mass housing. The cité des 4000 estate was launched in March 1956 to plans by the architects Clément Tambuté and Henri Delacroix; construction lasted more than ten years and the first residents moved in during 1963. The parc départemental Georges-Valbon was laid out over the same period, 417 hectares spread across five towns, the third largest park in the Paris region after the woods of Vincennes and Boulogne.
The geography of prices follows these two legacies. The east of the town, from Les Quatre-Routes to Paul Vaillant-Couturier by way of Rateau, forms the top of the market: this is where metro line 7 runs and where the urban fabric is most mixed. The south-west, around the RER B station, follows closely. The north, from Six-Routes to Verlaine, where social housing weighs heaviest, brings up the rear with a gap of close to 70 % against the best-valued areas.
The La Courneuve market attracts first-time buyers from the north-east of Paris, families on a contained budget and investors drawn by rental yields and by the arrival of the Grand Paris network. Demand centres overwhelmingly on apartments, from the 1960s stock to more recent schemes, and on the few houses in the town, which are markedly more expensive. Being served by three heavy transport modes, the RER, the metro and the tramway, supports an active market.
The average price in La Courneuve is 2 882 €/m² for an apartment (actual DVF transactions, notarised sales), within a range of 2 308 to 3 369 €/m² depending on the district. Listing portals show asking prices, 10 to 20 % above the prices actually recorded.
No, and the gap is wide. Les Quatre-Routes, to the east, shows the highest average price, around 3 401 €/m², while Verlaine, to the north, remains the most affordable area, around 1 996 €/m². The gap between the extremes approaches 70 %, which makes the district price far more useful than the town average.
La Courneuve is one of the most affordable towns of the inner Paris suburbs for such a high level of transport service: the RER B, metro line 7 and tramway T1 connect it to Paris and to the Plaine Saint-Denis. The parc Georges-Valbon, the third largest park in the Paris region, borders the town to the north. Prices remain well below those of Aubervilliers or Saint-Denis.
Over five years, the DVF average for apartments has moved from about 3 105 €/m² to 2 822 €/m², a fall of roughly 7 %. This movement follows that of the Seine-Saint-Denis department over the period. With about 98 apartment sales a year, the volume remains modest: the town average should be read as an order of magnitude.
The two differ markedly: about 2 882 €/m² for an apartment, 3 894 €/m² for a house, some 35 % more. Detached housing is scarce in the town, which explains that premium. For an apartment, the district price remains the most reliable starting point.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).