The average price per m² in Saint-Marcel (Laon) is 1 062 €/m² for an apartment, within a range of 0,8 to 1,3 k€ per m², based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. Over the period, the market rose 1 % over 5 years and fell 7,7 % over the last 12 months, with about 12 transactions per year.
Saint-Marcel, the lower town of Laon, north of the plateau.
Apartments in the Saint-Marcel district, in Laon, sell at an average price of around 1 062 €/m², based on prices actually recorded (DVF transactions, the French database of sales actually registered before notaries). Between 844 and 1 295 €/m² covers half of the sales, the gap depending on the period of construction, the condition of the property, the floor and the distance to the centre. Five-year change: +1 %.
Prices from the DVF file (Demandes de valeurs foncières, published by the DGFiP), transactions actually recorded at the notary, aggregated at district level using the IRIS zoning of INSEE. Cross-referenced with the Notaires de France - INSEE indices. Learn more about our methodology.
After 1 047 €/m² in 2021, the average price in the Saint-Marcel district of Laon reaches 1 062 €/m² in 2026, roughly +1 % over the period.
Shops of the boulevards of the lower town, commercial ground floors of the avenue Carnot and the boulevard Pierre-Brossolette.
Laon station a few minutes away, services and public offices of the lower town, local schools.
Town of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, wide boulevards, dense suburb fabric at the foot of the plateau.
The Saint-Marcel district, in the lower town of Laon. Google Maps.
Saint-Marcel is the heart of the lower town of Laon, north of the plateau, organised around the roundabout that gives it its name and around the wide boulevards: boulevard Pierre-Brossolette, boulevard de Lyon, avenue Carnot, avenue Aristide-Briand. It is the town of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the one that grew when the protection of the hill ceased to be an argument.
One point of geography is worth setting out, because it contradicts what the official name of the area suggests. Public statistics call this space "Gare Saint-Marcel". Yet the geographical check places Laon station in the neighbouring area, to the north, and not here. We have therefore kept the only accurate name of the two, Saint-Marcel, which happens to be the most searched as well.
The district is the second most affordable in Laon, at 1 062 €/m², and its range is the widest in the municipality after that of the upper town: from 844 to 1 295 €/m². The boulevard fabric indeed mixes investment blocks of uneven quality, post-war apartment buildings and converted commercial ground floors.
It records twelve apartment sales a year. It gains 1 % over five years and falls 7,7 % over the last twelve months: the long-term stability is the more reliable of the two figures.
Saint-Marcel is the entry point to the lower town in Laon, and it is a yield market more than a market of the heart. At 1 062 €/m², the district is 8 % below the municipal average and 13 % below the upper town, on a boulevard fabric close to the services and the station. The buyer profile is that of first-time buyers and buy-to-let investors, in a town where 65,4 % of residents are tenants. The central point to understand is the spread. The range, from 844 to 1 295 €/m², is the widest in Laon after that of the plateau, because the area mixes investment blocks of very uneven quality and post-war apartment buildings. Here more than elsewhere, the district average says little about a specific property: it is the building and the energy rating that make the price. The fall of 7,7 % over twelve months covers twelve annual sales; the stability over five years, at 1 %, is the figure to keep in mind to read the direction.
The average price in Saint-Marcel is 1 062 €/m² for an apartment (actual DVF transactions, notarised sales), within a range of 844 to 1 295 €/m² depending on the building, the floor and the condition.
No, and it is a confusion that the official name of the area keeps alive. Public statistics call this space "Gare Saint-Marcel", but the geographical check places Laon station in the neighbouring area, to the north. It remains a few minutes on foot from most addresses in the district. That is one of the reasons why we have kept the only accurate name, Saint-Marcel.
The range runs from 844 to 1 295 €/m², the widest in Laon after that of the upper town. The boulevard fabric mixes investment blocks of very uneven quality, post-war apartment buildings and converted commercial ground floors. Here more than anywhere else in the municipality, the district average says little about a specific property: it is the building and the energy rating that make the price.
The entry price, 8 % below the municipal average, and the proximity of the station and the services make the gross yield attractive in a town where 65,4 % of residents are tenants. Two reservations come with it. The municipal poverty rate of 31,9 % calls for a close look at the solvency of applicants. And the energy performance of the stock weighs on both letting and resale: cost the works from the moment you buy.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).