The average price per m² in La Ravoire is 3 353 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 72 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of La Ravoire, south-east of Chambéry, in Savoie.
The average price of apartments in La Ravoire stands at 3 353 €/m², based on the DVF transactions actually registered with notaries (DVF is the French record of notarised property sales). This average covers a fairly recent stock, built mostly after 1970 when the farming village turned into the third-largest municipality of the Chambéry conurbation. The blocks of flats in the built-up areas near Chambéry, the detached houses on the hillsides towards the Échaud hill and the newer developments do not trade at the same level. Floor level, aspect, proximity to the business zones and the condition of the property make values vary from one home to another.
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 Ravoire market rests first on its role as a residential municipality of the Chambéry conurbation. With a stock very largely occupied year-round, a share of second homes close to nil and a population growing over several censuses, demand comes from households settling for the long term rather than from holiday buyers. Transactions mainly involve apartments, consistent with a stock two thirds of which is flats and built mostly after 1970.
Several factors sustain this price level. The proximity of Chambéry, five kilometres away, the service from the A43 and the Maurienne line, and the presence of business zones that concentrate local employment bring La Ravoire close to the economic basin of the Combe de Savoie. The municipality plays a spillover role for households looking to buy in the conurbation at a level more affordable than the centre of the prefecture town, which supports demand for apartments and houses in its territory.
La Ravoire sits at the level of Chambéry, its immediate neighbour, and remains more affordable than the Lake Bourget municipalities such as Aix-les-Bains or Le Bourget-du-Lac, where prices are driven by the lakeside appeal.
The name La Ravoire, denoting a place planted with oaks, is first recorded in 1546. The municipality lies in the Trouée des Marches, the corridor separating the Bauges range from the Chartreuse and opening the way towards the Combe de Savoie and Italy. The territory, between 285 and 423 metres of altitude, is crossed by the Leysse and the Albanne, the latter flowing towards Lake Bourget.
La Ravoire remained a farming village until the middle of the 20th century. Development, driven by the growth of the Chambéry conurbation, then turned it into a residential and retail municipality. It is today the third-largest municipality of Grand Chambéry by population, five kilometres south-east of the prefecture town.
Its growth rested on its position as a gateway to the conurbation, on the corridor of the former national road 6, now the D1006, and close to the A43 motorway towards Lyon and the Fréjus tunnel. The municipality keeps a few old landmarks such as the château des Charmilles and the Échaud hill, in a built fabric that is now largely contemporary.
La Ravoire has 9 332 inhabitants according to INSEE (2023 census), a population up by a little over 10 % since 2017. The municipality counts around 4 742 dwellings, of which 93,3 % are main residences and only 1,8 % second homes: it is a town lived in year-round, not a holiday municipality. Apartments account for close to 69 % of the stock, and 56 % of main residences are occupied by their owners. Buyers are mainly households working in Chambéry or in the local employment area, first-time buyers drawn by a market more affordable than the centre of the prefecture town, and families looking for a home close to services and to the main roads.
The average price of apartments in La Ravoire is 3 353 €/m², based on the DVF transactions actually registered with notaries. This average covers gaps depending on the district, floor level, aspect, the presence of a balcony or a garage and the condition of the property. A recent home close to services does not trade at the same level as an older apartment in need of renovation.
La Ravoire sits broadly at the level of the neighbouring prefecture town, five kilometres away. It attracts some of the households looking to stay in the Chambéry conurbation while becoming owners. The immediate proximity of Chambéry, of the employment zones and of the main routes supports demand in the municipality.
The municipality is served by the A43 motorway, which links Lyon and Italy through the Fréjus tunnel, and by the D1006, the former national road 6. The Maurienne railway line runs along the south-west of the territory. Several routes of the Synchro bus network connect La Ravoire to the centre of Chambéry and to the neighbouring municipalities.
La Ravoire hosts several business zones bringing together more than three hundred firms in industry, services and crafts, for around 3 200 jobs. This retail and economic role, at the entrance to the conurbation, makes it a municipality that is busy year-round and adds to the residential appeal of the area.
The market is mostly in flats: according to INSEE, close to 69 % of the municipality's dwellings are apartments, and the benchmark price of 3 353 €/m² covers that segment. Detached houses are concentrated on the hillsides and in the residential districts, in a fabric more constrained by land. They generally trade above the level of apartments.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).