The average price per m² in Lesquin is 3 264 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 20 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Lesquin, a municipality of the Mélantois marked by the closeness of Lille-Lesquin airport, south-east of the Lille metropolitan area, in the Nord department.
The average price recorded in Lesquin stands at 3 264 €/m². This average covers a housing stock split between a majority of detached houses and a larger share of apartments than in many rural municipalities of the Mélantois. Houses are spread between the old village centre and more recent residential estates, while apartments are concentrated in developments mostly built after 1970. The gaps around this average depend mainly on the type of property, the floor area, the condition, and the closeness of Lille-Lesquin airport or the A1, A23 and A27 motorways. These figures come from DVF data, the French notarised sales database, which lists sales actually signed with notaries, and give a municipal benchmark to be refined property by property.
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 Lesquin market rests on its status as a peri-urban municipality in south-east Lille, driven by the immediate proximity of Lille-Lesquin airport and the logistics and industrial business parks that have developed around it. Demand comes mainly from working people employed in the Métropole européenne de Lille or at the airport, who look for quick access to the A1, A23 and A27 motorways and to the station on the Fives-Hirson line. The municipality's sustained population growth, supported by a partly recent housing stock, reflects this residential appeal despite the proximity of transport infrastructure. Demand concerns both houses, which are in the majority, and apartments in more recent developments.
Supply remains constrained by available land, shared between business parks, airport grounds and residential housing. On the resale market as in new builds, exposure to noise from air and road traffic, regulated by the noise exposure plan, has become a negotiating factor in its own right depending on the area. Buyers weigh proximity to the main roads, useful for commuting, against the relative calm of some neighbourhoods further from the runways. The higher share of apartments than in a purely rural village opens the market to varied budgets and buyer profiles.
On the doorstep of Lille-Lesquin airport, the municipality sits above its three closest neighbours, Ronchin, Faches-Thumesnil and Seclin, with which it shares part of its airport history.
The name Lesquin has had several spellings over the centuries: Lechin in the 11th century, Leschin in the 12th, Leskin in the 13th, Lesking in the 14th and then Lecquyn in the 16th. Historians see in it a Germanic origin, with a root close to Lekem or Lec-Hem, the suffix hem or hein denoting a dwelling or a home. The locality appears as early as 1066 in the founding deeds of the Saint-Pierre chapter of Lille. In the 15th century, Daniel Thieulaine acquired the main lordship of the village and obtained his ennoblement from Charles VII in 1440. From the 16th to the 18th century, several fiefs shared the territory, including those of Warigny and Gamans, held notably by the Petitpas and de Lannoy families, which shaped a farming land typical of the Mélantois.
Lesquin's built heritage bears the mark of its growth in the 19th century. The Saint-Barthélemy church was built around 1854 by Charles Leroy, the Lille architect also responsible for Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille cathedral. Its construction accompanied the population growth linked to industrial development, when the arrival of steelworks of the Haine-Saint-Pierre type accelerated the urbanisation of the village. Excavations carried out in the hamlet of Merchin also uncovered a Merovingian necropolis, evidence of occupation of the site well before the medieval village. This mix of old rural housing, a religious building from the Second Empire and ancient remains gives the municipality a historical depth that its recent urbanisation has not entirely erased.
Lesquin today belongs to the arrondissement of Lille and the canton of Templeuve-en-Pévèle, within the Métropole européenne de Lille, the metropolitan authority that brings together 95 municipalities around the prefecture town. Located just under six kilometres south-east of Lille, on the Mélantois plain, the municipality saw its face transformed by the construction, from 1936, of the Seclin-Enchemont military airfield, which after the Second World War became Lille-Lesquin airport, opened to civil traffic in 1947. Served by the A1, A23 and A27 motorways and by a station on the Fives-Hirson line, Lesquin has developed into a residential and logistics municipality on the outskirts of Lille, between business parks linked to the airport and quieter residential neighbourhoods.
Lesquin has 9 600 inhabitants according to INSEE, the French statistics institute. The housing stock consists mainly of detached houses, a little under two thirds of the total, with apartments accounting for a little over a third, a notable proportion for a municipality of this size on the outskirts of Lille. Main residences make up almost the entire stock, around nine dwellings in ten. A little over half of households own their home, the rest being split between tenants in the private sector and in social housing. This profile attracts families and working people employed at the airport, in the neighbouring business parks or more widely in the Lille metropolitan area, looking for a balance between home ownership and quick access to the motorways and the public transport of the MEL.
The average price recorded in Lesquin stands at 3 264 €/m², based on sales registered with notaries and published in the DVF database. This figure aggregates a variety of properties, houses and apartments alike, in a municipality where both types of housing coexist. The type of property, the floor area, the condition, and the closeness of the airport or the motorways explain most of the gaps around this average. For a reliable valuation, it is better to rely on sales of comparable properties than on the municipal average alone.
Lesquin has a station on the Fives-Hirson line, served by TER regional trains to several towns in the region, and the Ilévia network of the Métropole européenne de Lille provides bus links to the centre of Lille, less than six kilometres away. The municipality is crossed or bordered by the A1, A23 and A27 motorways, and hosts part of Lille-Lesquin airport on its territory. This position makes it a major logistics crossing point in south-east Lille, valued by working people employed in the metropolitan area or at the airport itself.
Around its Saint-Barthélemy church, built in the middle of the 19th century, Lesquin keeps the trace of a farming village of the Mélantois, a cereal-growing plain south-east of Lille. The municipality has nonetheless been profoundly transformed by the development of Lille-Lesquin airport and the business parks around it, which today makes it a peri-urban municipality that is mainly residential and logistics-oriented rather than a preserved rural village. The closeness of the airport and the main roads exposes some areas to noise, regulated by a noise exposure plan. This setting suits households who favour quick access to the Lille metropolitan area and its transport infrastructure.
The Lesquin market gives a large place to detached houses, which account for a little under two thirds of the stock, but also includes a significant share of apartments, a little over a third of dwellings. A majority of homes built after 1970 offer comfortable floor areas, with on average more than four rooms per main residence. Buying a house matches the dominant profile of the municipality, often with outdoor space. Apartments, many of them more recent, suit households looking for a more modest budget or immediate proximity to transport routes. Your choice will depend above all on your budget and your need for space.
INSEE distinguishes two main statistical areas in Lesquin: the Centre, around the old village centre and the Saint-Barthélemy church, and the Voyettes-Court-Aéroport area, more directly marked by the closeness of the airport and the business parks. The most sought-after neighbourhoods generally remain those furthest from the runways and motorways, where the environment is quietest. Proximity to the airport remains a criterion to weigh against exposure to noise depending on the street. Each area has its own building and environmental characteristics, to be examined closely according to your project.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).