The average price per m² in Les Avanchers-Valmorel is 4 984 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 59 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Les Avanchers-Valmorel, a resort municipality of the lower Tarentaise, in Savoie.
The average price of apartments in Les Avanchers-Valmorel is around 4 984 €/m², based on the DVF sales actually registered with notaries (DVF is the French record of notarised property sales). This level reflects the weight of the Valmorel resort, built on the municipality's territory at 1 320 metres of altitude, whose tourist housing dominates transactions. The stock mixes apartments in tourist residences, studios and one-bedroom flats intended for seasonal letting, and a few more conventional properties in the hamlets at the bottom of the Morel valley. Demand comes mainly from second-home buyers looking for a ski base, rather than from a population settled year-round. Altitude, aspect, immediate proximity to the slopes and the piste front, the condition of the property and its tourist-letting classification make values vary widely from one area to another.
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 Les Avanchers-Valmorel market follows the logic of the Tarentaise ski resorts: it depends heavily on demand for second homes and on Valmorel's capacity to welcome visitors. The apartment sales recorded each year in the DVF data mostly involve tourist housing, whose value is carried by proximity to the slopes and by the appeal of the Grand Domaine. Buildable land remains limited by the relief and by the planning rules of a mountain municipality, which concentrates transactions on resales.
Several factors support this price level. Valmorel's family reputation, its membership of the Grand Domaine and the lasting appeal of skiing in the Tarentaise sustain demand that goes beyond Savoie alone. Conversely, the municipality remains far from the levels reached by the large international resorts of the upper Tarentaise, and its tourist role makes it sensitive to the second-home market cycle and to changes in ski area visitor numbers.
Les Avanchers-Valmorel sits above Saint François Longchamp and Aime-la-Plagne, two family resorts of the Tarentaise. The municipality remains far from the levels of Courchevel, the internationally known resort of the upper valley.
Les Avanchers was first a rural municipality of the lower Tarentaise, backing onto the Morel valley, a tributary of the Isère, and devoted to mountain farming and livestock. Traditional housing is spread across hamlets scattered on the slopes, in a Savoyard architecture of stone and lauze. Local life was long set by the rhythm of the mountain pastures and by the relative isolation of this valley away from the main Tarentaise routes.
The face of the municipality changed from 1976, the year the Valmorel resort opened, created under the State's snow plan as a village resort designed as a single whole, but in a deliberately mountain architectural style. The municipality then took the name Les Avanchers-Valmorel. Linked to the Saint François Longchamp and Doucy areas within the Grand Domaine, the resort now steers the local economy and property market towards four-season tourism.
Les Avanchers-Valmorel has 724 year-round residents, a modest figure compared with the Valmorel resort's capacity to welcome visitors. The market is dominated by second-home buyers: skiing enthusiasts looking for a base, investors targeting seasonal letting, families attached to the character of the village resort. The permanent population, smaller, consists of seasonal workers, resort employees and residents of the hamlets at the bottom of the valley. This structure steers demand towards smaller units close to the piste front, more than towards large main-residence homes.
The average price of apartments in Les Avanchers-Valmorel is 4 984 €/m², based on the DVF transactions registered with notaries. This average covers wide gaps depending on altitude, proximity to the slopes, aspect, the condition of the property and its tourist-letting status. A renovated studio on the Valmorel piste front and an older home in a hamlet lower down do not trade at the same level.
Yes, very largely. The Valmorel resort steers demand towards second homes and properties intended for seasonal letting, at the expense of the main-residence market. Sales turnover therefore follows the tourist logic of the area. The rules applying to furnished tourist properties should be checked with the town hall before any letting project.
The municipality lies in the lower Tarentaise, in Savoie, at the entrance to the Morel valley. The Valmorel resort is built on its territory, at 1 320 metres of altitude. It is reached from the Isère valley by the road climbing the Morel; the nearest stations are at Moûtiers and Aigueblanche, on the line serving the Tarentaise.
Location relative to the slopes is decisive. Homes close to the piste front and to the Grand Domaine lifts sit at the top of the range, while properties in the hamlets at the bottom of the valley, further from the skiing, remain more affordable. Altitude, exposure to the sun, the view and the condition of the development also weigh heavily on value.
The benchmark price of 4 984 €/m² covers apartments, a category well represented in the resort. Studios and one-bedroom flats, easy to let in season, concentrate part of investment demand. Larger units suit families looking for a comfortable base. The choice depends mainly on intended use, personal stays or seasonal letting.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).