The average price per m² in Le Plessis-Belleville is 3 335 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 30 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Le Plessis-Belleville, on the boundary between the Oise and Seine-et-Marne.
The average price of apartments in Le Plessis-Belleville stands at 3 335 €/m², based on DVF data, the French notarised sales database, which records transactions actually registered with notaries. This average covers a housing stock split almost evenly between houses and apartments, which is rare for a municipality of this size: the old village centre, the housing estates of detached houses developed around the former Poclain factory and the apartment buildings near the station sit side by side. Floor area, the condition of the property, the floor level, outdoor space and immediate proximity to the station with trains to Paris make the value of a home vary significantly. Demand comes mainly from workers in the Paris region looking for a more affordable setting.
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 Le Plessis-Belleville market is that of a small municipality in the Oise close to the boundary with Seine-et-Marne, whose population has grown markedly in recent years. The direct rail link to Paris-Nord and the proximity of Grand Roissy sustain demand from workers in the Paris region looking for a setting more affordable than the inner suburbs. This demand concerns both family houses and apartments near the station, with a regular turnover of sales typical of a residential market geared to year-round living.
Several factors frame the price level. The rail service, the presence of the Espace Georges Bataille business park and the position on the road corridor towards Paris and Soissons support demand. Conversely, the relative distance from the capital, competition from better-served municipalities in the south of the Oise and the Val-d'Oise, and the road traffic crossing the municipality limit the growth of values. The market remains more moderate than that of the most expensive residential centres in the area, such as Chantilly and its surroundings.
Le Plessis-Belleville sits above Crépy-en-Valois, in the neighbouring Valois, and Luzarches, a rural small town in the Val-d'Oise. The municipality remains below Chantilly, the upper benchmark of the area thanks to its fast connections to Paris and its setting.
Le Plessis-Belleville lies at the junction of the Brie, to the south, and the Valois, to the north, on the former Gallo-Roman road linking Meaux to Senlis. The name combines the word plessis, an enclosure of interwoven branches, with Belleville. Excavations carried out by Inrap in 2020 uncovered large silos, a necropolis and dwellings attesting to dense rural occupation from the 8th to the 12th century. In the Middle Ages, the fief came under the lordship of Ermenonville: in 1476, Jacques de Conflans styled himself lord of Plessis-le-Vicomte-en-Multien, evidence of the feudal roots of this farming territory.
In 1663, the estate passed to Claude Guénégaud, treasurer of the Épargne, the royal treasury, who had a Renaissance-style château built there. The building has since disappeared: only the moats survive, behind the town hall. The village long remained a small rural municipality of the Multien, devoted to cereal farming and to traffic on the road from Paris to Soissons. During the First World War, a group of the aviation training divisions was stationed here, the plain lending itself to an airfield, a distant foreshadowing of the industrial vocation of the 20th century.
The recent history of Le Plessis-Belleville is intertwined with that of Poclain. In 1947, Georges Bataille, a former farmer from the municipality turned industrialist, took over an old sawmill near the railway bridge. From this workshop came the first self-propelled hydraulic excavators, which made the company a world leader in the sector; in 1970, the EC1000, the largest hydraulic excavator in the world, was produced there. The headquarters closed in 1995 and the site became the Espace Georges Bataille, a business park. Served by its station with trains to Paris-Nord, the municipality has seen its population grow strongly in recent decades.
Le Plessis-Belleville has 4 009 inhabitants according to INSEE, the French statistics institute, a population clearly on the rise over the recent period. The market here is above all residential and geared to year-round living: nearly 94 % of dwellings are main residences according to INSEE, and second homes are marginal. Notably for a municipality of this size, the stock is split almost evenly between detached houses and apartments, a legacy of the apartment buildings near the station and the housing estates of detached houses. A majority of households own their home according to INSEE. Buyers are mainly workers from the Paris region and local families, attracted by the direct rail link and a setting more affordable than the inner Paris suburbs.
The average price of apartments in Le Plessis-Belleville is 3 335 €/m², based on DVF transactions actually completed with notaries. This average hides differences depending on the area, the floor level, outdoor space, the condition of the property and its energy performance. A recent home near the station and an older apartment in the village centre do not sell at the same level. Immediate proximity to the line to Paris weighs heavily on value.
It is a particular feature of the municipality. Unlike most villages in the Oise, which consist largely of detached houses, Le Plessis-Belleville has developed apartment buildings, notably around the station, which bring the share of apartments to a level close to that of houses according to INSEE. This duality is explained by the direct rail link to Paris, which supported the construction of denser housing for workers from the Paris region, alongside the traditional housing estates of detached houses.
Le Plessis-Belleville station is on the La Plaine to Hirson line and offers rail connections to Paris-Nord as well as regional trains to Crépy-en-Valois and the north of the department. By car, the municipality is connected to the Paris region and to Soissons by the road corridor of the former route nationale 2, the old national road. This dual accessibility, by road and rail, is one of the main drivers of the local market.
No. Nearly 94 % of dwellings are main residences according to INSEE, and the municipality has no tourist or seasonal vocation. Demand comes from households settling for the long term: workers employed in Paris or in the Grand Roissy area, local families and first-time buyers. Transactions concern almost exclusively homes occupied year-round, with a more regular turnover of sales than in coastal or mountain markets.
The former Poclain site, closed in 1995, has been converted into a business park, the Espace Georges Bataille, which hosts companies and maintains a local employment base. The housing estates built in the factory era now form part of the stock of detached houses. This heritage partly explains the structure of the municipality: a village centre enlarged by industry, whose market remains driven by local jobs and by the rail link with the Paris region.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).