The average price per m² in Le Croisic is 4 039 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 73 transactions are recorded each year.
Ambience illustration of Le Croisic, at the tip of the Guérande peninsula, in the Loire-Atlantique department.
The average price per m² in Le Croisic stands at 4 039 €/m², based on DVF transactions (the French notarised sales database) actually recorded by notaries. This average covers a contrasting stock: fishermen's houses and old residences of the old town, seaside villas from the late 19th century born with the railway, and more recent apartments and small blocks. Closeness to the seafront, the view over the ocean or over the Grand Traict, exposure and the condition of the property make values vary strongly. The communal territory is tight, a little over four hundred hectares at the tip of the peninsula, between the Atlantic and the salt marshes, which limits the available land.
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.
Le Croisic's market stays active for a commune of this size, with on the order of eighty sales recorded in the last year in the DVF data, that is more than seventy transactions a year on average. This turnover owes to the considerable share of second homes, which change hands more often than year-round dwellings. New supply stays marginal: the communal territory is small and almost entirely built up, wedged between the Atlantic and the salt marshes, and operations most often come down to resales within the existing fabric.
Several factors sustain this price level. The commune's maritime identity, with a still-working fishing harbour, a fish market and a preserved old town, feeds holiday demand from Nantes and the Paris region. The direct rail service and the closeness of La Baule reinforce this appeal. Conversely, the dependence on the second-home market makes volumes sensitive to the economic climate and the cost of credit, as across the whole Atlantic coast.
Le Croisic sits clearly below the neighbouring resorts of La Baule and Pornichet, but above Saint-Nazaire, the central town of the conurbation. Its price level reflects a sought-after seaside market, without reaching the peaks of the bay.
Le Croisic occupies a former granite island, tied to the mainland by a thin ribbon of sand that links it to Batz-sur-Mer, at the tip of the Guérande peninsula. Its name comes from the Breton kroazig, the little cross. In the 14th century, a castle and ramparts were built there, and the town gradually asserted itself against Guérande, whose harbour silted up in the early 16th century. The town's merchant bourgeoisie then had the church of Notre-Dame-de-Pitié built, raised between 1494 and 1528.
The harbour long lived from the salt of the neighbouring marshes, carried by barge across the Traict, then from fishing, in particular the deep-sea cod fishery. To protect the basin from westerly storms, the Tréhic jetty was built between 1839 and 1844. The fish market hall, the criée, was built in 1878, as sardine fishing and canning developed.
The opening of the railway line from Saint-Nazaire to Le Croisic, on 11 May 1879, turned the commune into a seaside resort. Villas and holiday houses went up to receive the summer visitors who came to enjoy the coast. This dual identity, a working fishing harbour and a holiday place, still shapes the town and its property market today.
Le Croisic had 4 056 inhabitants in 2023 according to INSEE (the national statistics institute). The commune records about 5 474 homes, of which close to 39 % are primary residences and 58 % second or occasional homes: the population actually present varies strongly between low season and summer. Again according to INSEE, houses make up about 58 % of the stock and apartments 41 %, and 72 % of primary residences are owner-occupied. The population is among the oldest on the coast, which shows in demand. Buyers are split between year-round households, retirees and second-home buyers, often from Nantes or Paris.
The average price per m² in Le Croisic is 4 039 €/m², based on DVF transactions actually settled by notaries. This average covers significant gaps by closeness to the seafront, the view over the ocean or over the Traict, exposure, the condition of the property and its age. An old house in the old town and a more recent home set back do not trade at the same level.
Yes, very largely. According to INSEE, close to 58 % of the commune's homes are second or occasional residences, against about 39 % primary residences. This structure weighs on the market: a large share of sales involves holiday properties, and summer demand supports prices, especially near the coast and the harbour.
Le Croisic is the terminus of the railway line opened in 1879, linked to Nantes via Saint-Nazaire and La Baule by direct regional trains. By car, you reach the commune by the peninsula road from Guérande and La Baule. This service, inherited from the 19th-century seaside boom, remains an asset for residents as well as for second-home owners.
The scarcity of land plays a central role: the commune sits on a little over four hundred hectares, at the tip of the peninsula, between the ocean and the salt marshes, and its old fabric can barely expand. To this are added the appeal of the still-working fishing harbour, the old town and the wild coast, along with strong second-home demand.
The market is mostly houses: according to INSEE, about 58 % of the commune's homes are houses, against 41 % apartments. The old houses of the old town and the seaside villas are sought-after but rare for sale. Apartments, more affordable to buy, often suit second-home or first-purchase plans on the peninsula.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).