The average price per m² in La Mure is 1 707 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 35 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of La Mure, chief town of the Matheysine plateau, a former mining town in Isère.
The average price of apartments in La Mure stands at 1 707 €/m², based on DVF data, the French notarised sales database, covering transactions actually registered with notaries. This level makes the town an affordable mountain market, at around 900 metres of altitude on the Matheysine plateau. The detached house remains well represented: houses trade here on average at around 1 938 €/m², a higher level that reflects the weight of detached houses and town houses. This average covers a contrasting stock, inherited from the town's mining past, between buildings and apartments in the centre, miners' houses and more recent detached houses. As the chief town of the plateau, between the Vercors massif and the Écrins massif, La Mure acts as a local centre for a large rural and mountain area. The condition of the property, its aspect, the altitude, the presence of outdoor space and the location in the centre or on the outskirts make the value of a home vary.
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 Mure market remains active for a municipality of this size, with a steady flow of sales registered each year in the DVF data. This turnover stems from its role as chief town of the Matheysine plateau: the town concentrates shops, services and jobs for a large rural and mountain area, and its accessible market attracts local households as well as buyers looking for a natural setting on a contained budget. Transactions are split between town houses, detached houses and older housing inherited from the mining past, often needing renovation.
Several factors weigh on this price level. The mid-mountain position, between the Vercors and the Écrins, the natural setting and the role as a local centre for the plateau sustain steady local demand and a share of second homes. Conversely, the altitude, the distance from Grenoble's employment hubs, the absence of a passenger rail service and the cost of renovating older buildings cap the growth in values and keep La Mure among the most affordable markets in the area.
La Mure ranks among the most accessible markets in its area. The town sits below Vizille, in the Romanche valley on the road to Grenoble, and Le Pont-de-Claix, in Grenoble's inner suburbs. It also remains more affordable than Échirolles, a municipality of the Grenoble urban area, whose urban market is more buoyant.
La Mure is the historic chief town of the Matheysine plateau, a vast shelf perched at around 900 metres of altitude south of Grenoble, between the Vercors and the Écrins. The town developed around its market and its position as a crossroads for the municipalities of the plateau. Its subsoil holds a particular coal, anthracite, whose extraction would leave a lasting mark on local identity.
The history of La Mure is inseparable from the mine. From the 19th to the 20th century, anthracite mining made the Matheysine one of the coalfields of the Alps, attracting a large workforce and shaping the town, its miners' terraces and its facilities. To carry the coal, a mountain railway line was built between Saint-Georges-de-Commiers and La Mure, a remarkable work for its viaducts and tunnels. The closure of the mines, at the end of the 20th century, put an end to this activity and forced a conversion.
After the mine, La Mure has banked on its heritage and on tourism. The Petit train de La Mure, a former mining line converted into a tourist train, offers a spectacular route above the gorges and lakes of the Matheysine and attracts visitors. The town keeps its role as a local centre for the plateau, between shops, services and access to the Vercors and Écrins massifs, in a mid-mountain setting.
La Mure has 4 963 inhabitants. Chief town of the Matheysine plateau, at around 900 metres of altitude between the Vercors and the Écrins, the town acts as a local centre for a large rural and mountain area, south of the Grenoble urban area. Its market is among the most accessible in the area, marked by the municipality's mining heritage. Buyers are mainly local households and workers from the plateau, joined by buyers won over by the mid-mountain setting and contained budgets, sometimes for a second home. The detached house remains well represented, between town houses, former miners' houses and detached houses, alongside apartments in the centre. Demand is split between main residences, renovation projects in older buildings and quiet pied-à-terre purchases, in a market more measured than that of the ski resorts and of the municipalities close to Grenoble.
The average price of apartments in La Mure is 1 707 €/m², based on DVF transactions actually completed before notaries. Houses, well represented in the town, trade on average at around 1 938 €/m². These averages cover gaps depending on the area, the condition of the property, its aspect and the presence of outdoor space: a renovated town house and an older apartment needing refurbishment do not sit at the same level.
The town lies in mid-mountain country, on the Matheysine plateau, at a distance from the employment hubs of the Grenoble urban area and from the major ski resorts. Its market remains driven by local demand and by buyers looking for a natural setting on a controlled budget. The mining heritage has left a stock of older housing, often needing renovation, which contributes to prices among the most accessible in the area.
La Mure lies about forty kilometres south of Grenoble, on the Matheysine plateau. The municipality is connected by the road that climbs from the Romanche valley, passing through Vizille. There is no longer a direct passenger rail service: the former mining line is now operated as a tourist train. Access is therefore mainly by car, which places the town in a somewhat remote mountain area.
The mining heritage mainly marks the housing stock: miners' houses, buildings and terraced miners' housing inherited from coal mining make up part of the built stock, often needing renovation. The Petit train de La Mure, converted into a tourist attraction, supports the image and economy of the town without weighing directly on residential prices. The market depends first on the role of La Mure as a local centre for the Matheysine plateau.
The house remains well represented and trades above the level of apartments, between town houses and detached houses. An apartment in the centre can suit a first purchase, a quiet pied-à-terre or a renovation project in older buildings. The choice depends mainly on the intended use and on appetite for works, which are common in a town whose stock is marked by its mining history.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).