The average price per m² in Lamballe-Armor is 2 323 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 54 transactions are recorded each year.
Mood illustration of Lamballe-Armor, in the Côtes-d'Armor.
In Lamballe-Armor, the average price comes to 2 323 €/m² for an apartment. That average pools a wide area, born of the merger of several municipalities, combining a dense historic centre with more sought-after coastal sectors. The stock is dominated by the detached house, apartments remaining a minority. The price gaps reflect the distance from the seafront, the condition of the building and closeness to the station. This figure comes from the DVF data, the French notarised sales database, which lists the transactions actually registered before notaries, the guarantee of a market measured on real sales.
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 Lamballe-Armor market rests first of all on its employment base. The area counts several thousand jobs, carried by a solid food industry and a diversified fabric running from retail to services. That economic base attracts working people and supports demand for housing geared towards family ownership. The population, around 17 241 inhabitants according to INSEE, is rising slightly, which keeps a measured but active market. The predominance of the detached house steers most transactions towards families and first-time buyers from the area.
The high-speed rail service towards Rennes, Brest and Paris and quick access to Saint-Brieuc widen the catchment of the municipality, which benefits from a housing cost below that of the large Breton cities. Since the merger of 2019, the opening onto the coast has diversified the market: the former municipalities of Morieux and Planguenoual bring a seaside component and demand for second homes. That twofold face, historic town inland and maritime frontage, sets Lamballe-Armor apart and qualifies price trends according to the sector considered.
The average price of Lamballe-Armor sits above that of the neighbouring departmental capital, but well below the seaside resorts of the nearby côte d'Émeraude.
Lamballe has a long history, rooted in the duchy of Brittany. The town was the capital of the county and then of the duchy of Penthièvre, one of the great Breton lordships, which earned it an important political and military role in the Middle Ages. Its old centre keeps timber-framed houses and a religious heritage bearing witness to that period. Perched above the valley of the Gouessant, the old town took shape around its collegiate church and its market squares. That historic layout still explains today the density of the centre and the heritage value of its oldest properties.
Lamballe is home to the national stud farm, created in 1825 by an ordinance of Charles X. It is the third largest national stud in France, after Pompadour in the Corrèze and Le Pin in the Orne. Specialising in the preservation of the Breton draught horse and the Breton Postier breeds, it is now run by the French institute for horses and riding. That establishment has marked the identity of the town and remains a heritage and tourist landmark. Its buildings and grounds take up a notable footprint in the urban fabric, adding to the image of a town linked with the Breton equestrian tradition.
Lamballe-Armor is a new municipality, born on 1 January 2019 of the merger of Lamballe with Morieux and Planguenoual, Lamballe having already taken in Meslin in 2016. That grouping made Lamballe-Armor the third municipality of the Côtes-d'Armor by population. The suffix Armor, which means the land of the sea in Breton, underlines the new opening of the municipality onto the coast, with the beaches and shores of the former coastal municipalities. Each delegated municipality keeps its name and its branch town hall. That merger widened the municipal perimeter and diversified its property market, between historic town and maritime frontage.
According to INSEE, the French national statistics institute, Lamballe-Armor has 17 241 inhabitants, a population rising slightly. The housing stock is dominated by the detached house, which according to INSEE accounts for more than three quarters of dwellings, apartments remaining a minority. Main residences make up the great majority of the stock, and the share of owner-occupiers is high, around two thirds of households. That profile matches a family market, carried by access to ownership. Buyers are mainly families and working people from the local employment area, to whom is added, on the coastal sectors brought in by the merger, demand for second homes.
The average price in Lamballe-Armor stands at 2 323 €/m² for an apartment, according to the DVF data drawn from the transactions registered before notaries. That average covers a wide area, from the historic centre to the former coastal municipalities. The real price of a property depends on its location, on its type, house or apartment, and on its closeness to the sea or to the station. A valuation tailored to your property remains essential to refine that value.
Since the merger of 2019, Lamballe-Armor brings together contrasting realities. The historic centre of Lamballe, around the collegiate church and the stud farm, offers a dense heritage setting. The former municipalities of Morieux and Planguenoual bring a coastal frontage, with beaches and sectors more sought after for second homes. Between the two, residential and low-rise districts take in families. Those differences of setting explain varying price levels within one and the same municipality.
Lamballe-Armor has a station served by high-speed trains, linking it to Rennes, Brest and Paris, as well as by regional trains towards Saint-Brieuc. Quick road access allows Saint-Brieuc to be reached in about fifteen minutes and Rennes in about forty. That connectivity strengthens the appeal of the municipality for working people employed in the neighbouring hubs, while keeping a housing cost below that of the large Breton conurbations.
Lamballe-Armor rests on a diversified economic fabric, marked by a strong food industry, around cooperative groups established locally. The area concentrates several thousand jobs and attracts working people from across the west of the Côtes-d'Armor. That economic base supports steady demand for housing, in particular for family ownership. The presence of major employers adds to the stability of the property market, less dependent on tourism than in the strictly coastal municipalities.
The coastal sectors brought in by the merger, in particular in the former municipalities of Morieux and Planguenoual, attract demand for second homes, thanks to the closeness of the beaches and the shore. Those properties stand apart from the main market of the town of Lamballe, geared rather towards the main residence and family ownership. Depending on the location, the nature of the plan and the season, prices can vary appreciably. A targeted valuation helps place a coastal property within that market.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).