The average price per m² in Limas is 2 500 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. For a house or villa, it is 3 579 €/m². About 20 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Limas, on the doorstep of Villefranche-sur-Saône.
In Limas, the benchmark price stands at 2 500 €/m² for apartments. This average covers a housing stock split between the old village centre, residential estates of detached houses and recent developments born of the immediate proximity of Villefranche-sur-Saône. The market remains modest, around twenty sales a year, which gives weight to each transaction. Houses and villas, the majority in the municipality, trade at a higher level, of the order of 3 579 €/m². These values come from DVF data, the French notarised sales database, which lists transactions actually registered with notaries, and therefore reflect observed prices.
House : 3 579 €/m²
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 Limas market is driven first by the Villefranche-sur-Saône conurbation, of which the municipality forms a residential and commercial extension. Demand comes from families and working people employed in Villefranche or in the north of the Lyon metropolitan area, some thirty kilometres from Lyon. The establishment of business parks and facilities along the roads leading to Villefranche has strengthened the municipality's appeal. With a population of around 4 750 inhabitants growing at a measured pace, the market moves steadily, driven by local buyers looking for houses in a setting that remains typical of the Beaujolais.
The second driver lies in the structure of the housing stock and the small number of transactions. The predominance of detached houses concentrates sales on residential housing, while apartments in recent developments weigh less in the annual volume. With around twenty sales a year, each atypical property can shift the average, which calls for reading the trend over several years. The proximity of Villefranche-sur-Saône and access to the Lyon metropolitan area are lasting supports, without creating the pressure seen in more constrained markets.
Limas sits at a price level close to its neighbour Villefranche-sur-Saône, above Gleizé but below the Val de Saône municipalities closer to Lyon.
Limas has been inhabited since Celtic times, and its name may derive from the root lima, meaning silt, or from an old mas, a small farming estate. Roman soldiers later established villas there, marking an early occupation of the Beaujolais banks of the Saône. The name of the village appears in 976 in a charter of the abbey of Savigny. In the Middle Ages, Limas became the seat of an ecclesiastical lordship dependent on the abbey of Cluny. In 1080, Humbert II de Beaujeu acquired the overlordship of Lymans, anchoring the village in the domain of the lords of Beaujeu.
Around 1140, a decisive event sealed the fate of Limas: the lords of Beaujeu founded Villefranche from a square tower belonging to the parish of Lymans. The new free town, endowed with privileges, attracted people and activity. In 1365, the establishment of the provost's seat in Villefranche began the decline of Limas, which gradually ceded its administrative role to its neighbour. The village then refocused on farming and above all on vines: in the 18th century, Limas had numerous vineyards that made its reputation, in a Beaujolais tradition still visible in the municipal landscape.
Long rural and wine-growing, Limas underwent a major transformation with the peri-urban growth of the Villefranche-sur-Saône conurbation, some thirty kilometres north of Lyon. The municipality, now classified as an intermediate urban centre, has seen business parks and retail facilities set up along the roads leading to Villefranche. A member of the Villefranche-Beaujolais-Saône inter-municipal authority, it has been twinned with Mieming, in Austria, since 1999. This shift from a village of winegrowers to a residential and commercial municipality explains the current coexistence of an old village centre and more recent areas of detached houses.
According to INSEE, the French statistics institute, Limas has 4 750 inhabitants, in a residential municipality within the Villefranche-sur-Saône conurbation. The market is aimed mainly at families and working people employed in Villefranche or in the north of the Lyon metropolitan area who look for a house with a garden without leaving the Beaujolais. Main residences make up most of the stock, largely owner-occupied, which limits the number of properties put back on the market each year. Apartments, found in recent developments close to Villefranche, attract first-time buyers and investors targeting tenants employed in the conurbation.
The benchmark price for an apartment in Limas is 2 500 €/m². This amount corresponds to the average of recent sales recorded in the notaries' DVF database. Houses and villas, the majority in the municipality, trade at a higher level, of the order of 3 579 €/m². The actual price of a property depends on its condition, its floor area and its location, between the old village centre and recent estates close to Villefranche-sur-Saône.
Yes, to a very large extent. Limas adjoins Villefranche-sur-Saône and belongs to the same inter-municipal authority, Villefranche-Beaujolais-Saône. Many buyers work in Villefranche and choose Limas for its more residential setting, a few minutes from the centre. This proximity, combined with the establishment of retail parks along the main roads, shapes the local market. Prices remain close to those of Villefranche, with differences linked to the type of property and the area chosen within the municipality.
The housing stock mixes an old village centre inherited from the wine-growing village, 20th-century residential estates and more recent developments born of peri-urban growth. The detached house with a garden dominates, which explains the price gap with apartments. Apartments are concentrated in residences close to Villefranche-sur-Saône. This diversity offers a fairly wide choice, from the village house to recent apartment buildings, within the same Beaujolais municipality.
No, the market remains modest, with around twenty transactions a year across all property types. This limited volume means that a handful of atypical sales can move the average from one year to the next. It is therefore wise to observe the trend over several years. A valuation based on the precise characteristics of the home, rather than on the municipal average alone, gives a more reliable picture of its actual value.
Partly. Long renowned for its vineyards in the 18th century, Limas keeps traces of this Beaujolais tradition in its village centre and landscape, even though peri-urban growth has profoundly transformed the municipality. The development of business parks and residential estates has brought together an old core and recent residential areas. This mixed identity, between rural heritage and the role of a municipality within a conurbation, today contributes to the appeal of the local market.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).