The average price per m² in Lisieux is 1 817 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 169 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Lisieux, sub-prefecture of the Pays d'Auge, in the Calvados department.
The average price of an apartment in Lisieux reaches 1 817 €/m², based on the sales signed before notaries and recorded in DVF data, the French notarised sales database. This level is calculated on 178 apartment sales completed in 2025, a comfortable volume for a town of this size, with around 169 sales a year on average over 2024 and 2025. A large part of the apartment stock dates from the Reconstruction, in the centre rebuilt after 1944, alongside more recent residential buildings and a few older buildings spared by the bombing. Houses, with 155 sales over two years, are concentrated on the hillsides and on the outskirts.
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.
Lisieux holds a distinctive position in the Calvados: close enough to the Côte Fleurie to capture part of its demand, but at a price level with no relation to that of the seaside resorts. This gap attracts households who work on the coast or in Caen and are looking for housing at a controlled cost. Local employment relies on public services, retail, the hospital, the industry of the Pays d'Auge and the tourist activity linked to the sanctuary. The population decline observed for several years nevertheless limits the pressure on prices.
Supply is plentiful for apartments, which leaves buyers room to negotiate. Reconstruction apartments often have average energy performance, and the work voted or to be planned in co-ownership buildings weighs more and more in discussions. Conversely, renovated, well-rated properties close to the station sell faster. For an owner, the energy performance certificate and the condition of the co-ownership are the two points to prepare before putting the property on the market.
Lisieux sits well below its neighbours: Honfleur and Deauville, on the coast, show much higher prices, and even La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur, in the hinterland of the estuary, remains above it.
Lisieux carries in its name that of the Lexovii, the Gaulish people whose Roman capital was called Noviomagus Lexoviorum. Set at the confluence of the Touques and several small rivers, among them the Orbiquet, the town became the seat of a bishopric in the Middle Ages. The cathedral of Saint-Pierre, rebuilt in the Gothic style from the 1160s-1170s onwards, remains its main witness. Around it, until the 20th century, stretched a town of half-timbered houses typical of the Pays d'Auge.
On 6 and 7 June 1944, Allied bombing killed more than 800 people and destroyed two thirds of the town. The cathedral and the basilica largely escaped the destruction, but the old centre disappeared almost entirely. The reconstruction, led by the architect Robert Camelot, ran from 1944 to 1956 and gave the heart of Lisieux its widened streets and its stone and brick buildings. This rebuilt centre today supplies a good share of the apartments put up for sale.
The town owes its international renown to Thérèse Martin, a Carmelite nun who died in 1897 and was canonised in 1925. The basilica of Sainte-Thérèse, blessed on 11 July 1937 and consecrated on 11 July 1954, ranks among the largest churches built in France in the 20th century. Lisieux is presented as the country's second pilgrimage site after Lourdes. A sub-prefecture of the Calvados, it is also the central town of a Pays d'Auge best known for its seaside resorts and its cider production.
Lisieux has 19 645 inhabitants, a population in slight decline in recent years. The housing stock gives a large place to apartments, a direct legacy of the Reconstruction and of the residential buildings put up in the following decades, which sets the town apart from the rural municipalities of the Pays d'Auge. Buyers are first of all local households, first-time buyers or retirees seeking proximity to services, the hospital and the station. They are joined by working people employed in Caen or on the coast, who find in Lisieux prices markedly more affordable than in Deauville or Honfleur. A few investors target the rental market, supported by the presence of students, employees and the activity linked to the pilgrimage.
Based on 2025 sales, an apartment sells on average for 1 817 €/m² in Lisieux. This benchmark, drawn from notarial deeds and not from listings, rests on more than 170 transactions, which makes it fairly stable. Differences remain real from one building to another: a well-maintained Reconstruction apartment with a balcony and an open view does not command the same value as a ground-floor dwelling in need of renovation. The condition of the co-ownership building and its service charges also weigh on the final price.
Yes, in Lisieux houses sell above apartments per square metre, by around a quarter on average over 2024 and 2025. Half-timbered houses, brick residences on the hillsides and houses with gardens are sought after by families who cannot find this type of property in the rebuilt centre. Volume remains lower than for apartments, with 155 sales over two years. For an old Normandy house, the condition of the timber frame, the half-timbering and the roof strongly determines the value.
Lisieux station, opened in 1855 on the Paris to Cherbourg line, is served by Nomad trains to Paris-Saint-Lazare and Caen. A line also links the town to Trouville-Deauville, in around thirty minutes. By road, the A13 motorway can be reached at Pont-l'Évêque, to the north. This crossroads position explains why some buyers work outside the municipality.
The rebuilt centre, around the cathedral of Saint-Pierre and the shopping streets, concentrates the buildings of the 1950s and the services. The basilica hill, to the east, and the hillsides overlooking the valley host more houses and quieter residential buildings. The apartment-block neighbourhoods built in the following decades, on the outskirts, offer the lowest entry prices. The banks of the Touques and the Orbiquet form yet another sector, more exposed to flooding.
It is a useful precaution in Lisieux, built at the bottom of a valley at the confluence of several watercourses. The risk statement appended to the preliminary sale agreement indicates whether the property is covered by a prevention plan, and the Géorisques website lets you check it by address. A ground-floor dwelling near the Touques is not assessed like an upper-floor apartment on the heights. Also ask the seller about any past damage claims.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).