The average price per m² in Le Portel is 2 156 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 36 transactions are recorded each year.
Mood illustration of Le Portel, a former fishing port and seaside resort on the Côte d'Opale, in the Pas-de-Calais.
The average price of apartments in Le Portel stands at 2 156 €/m², based on the DVF database, which records the transactions actually registered before notaries. A seaside resort on the Côte d'Opale, the municipality stretches along the Manche, just south of Boulogne-sur-Mer, in the Pas-de-Calais. A former fishing port, Le Portel keeps a working-class and maritime character, with its beaches, its seafront and its tightly packed town houses. The price of a dwelling there depends on the closeness of the sea, the view, the condition of the property and its storey.
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 Portel market benefits from the growing appeal of the Côte d'Opale coastline, without bearing all of its price pressure. Demand for second homes is rising, but prices remain contained by the working-class character of the municipality and by the weight of the local market.
The strength of Le Portel lies in its affordable seaside position at the gates of Boulogne-sur-Mer. Buyers find the sea, the beaches and local shops at a price that remains among the lowest on the coastline, which supports steady demand both for main residences and for holiday homes.
Le Portel sits in the lower part of the price range of the Boulogne coastline.
Le Portel grew in the 19th century around fishing. The Portel district, long attached to Outreau, became a municipality in its own right in 1856, carried by a population of sailors and fishing families.
The town suffered greatly during the Second World War. Set on the fortified coastline of the Mur de l'Atlantique, it was heavily bombed in 1943, which destroyed a large part of the old fabric, rebuilt afterwards.
Le Portel today has 8 768 inhabitants. The municipality keeps its identity as a family resort and marina, with a lively seafront, supervised beaches and an atmosphere more accessible than that of the smart resorts nearby.
Le Portel has 8 768 inhabitants and shows a market that is largely working-class and local. There are families from the Boulogne conurbation looking for a first purchase, retired people drawn by the maritime setting, and buyers of second homes won over by prices far more affordable than in the neighbouring resorts of the Côte d'Opale. The stock mixes town houses from the post-war rebuilding, seafront blocks and more recent dwellings. That affordability, rare for a coastal municipality, makes Le Portel a way into the seaside market of the Pas-de-Calais.
The average price of apartments in Le Portel is 2 156 €/m², based on the DVF transactions actually registered before notaries. That is a very affordable level for a coastal municipality of the Côte d'Opale.
Unlike Le Touquet or Wimereux, Le Portel has kept a working-class character inherited from its past as a fishing port. The municipality attracts a local, family market, which keeps prices well below those of the smart resorts of the Côte d'Opale.
Yes. Properties on the seafront or with an open view over the Manche trade above the municipal average. Immediate closeness to the beach and the storey are decisive criteria for value.
It is one of the few stretches of coast in the Pas-de-Calais still within reach of first-time buyers. Town houses and apartments remain affordable there, which makes it an attractive way into buying near the sea without the budget of the well-known resorts.
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This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).