The average price per m² in Lorgues is 2 617 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. For a house or villa, it is 3 839 €/m². About 51 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Lorgues, in the wine-growing hinterland of the Var.
The average apartment price in Lorgues stands at 2 617 €/m², based on DVF transactions actually registered with notaries (DVF is the French record of notarised property sales). In this market of the Var hinterland, houses and villas sit clearly above, at around 3 839 €/m²: the stock is indeed dominated by detached houses, often with land, olive trees and a view over the hills. The apartment average mainly covers the old centre of the village and a few recent schemes. Condition, the size of the plot and distance from the centre make values vary sharply. Lorgues remains a Provençal wine village, away from the coast.
House : 3 839 €/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 Lorgues market is that of a sought-after Provençal village of the Var hinterland. Demand is mainly for houses and villas with land, often with olive trees, vines or a pool, which explains the marked gap with the price of apartments in the old centre. That clientele combines year-round buyers, retirees and second-home purchasers, drawn by the setting, the climate and the closeness of the Dracénie and of the coast. The house market there is far tighter than the apartment market.
Several factors sustain this price level. Buildable land remains limited by the farming and wine-growing vocation of the soil, which restricts the supply of new villas and supports the value of the existing stock. Away from the coast, Lorgues stays more affordable than the municipalities of the gulf of Saint-Tropez, while enjoying the image of an authentic village. The pace of transactions, around fifty sales a year in the DVF data, reflects a modestly sized market, where the scarcity of properties with character weighs on prices.
Lorgues shows apartments more affordable than the municipalities of the Var coast, such as Sainte-Maxime, but stays above its neighbour Draguignan. Vidauban, close by, sits at a comparable level.
Lorgues is one of the oldest villages in Provence. Settlement of the site goes back to prehistory, as the dolmen of Peycervier shows, and the name Lonicus appears in the records as early as 986. Backing onto the hills of the Var hinterland, the village grew around its farming role, on land suited to the vine and the olive tree. The medieval centuries left it a compact urban fabric of lanes, fountains and vaulted passages, which still sets the old centre apart today. That long history makes Lorgues a town of character in the Dracénie, a few kilometres from Draguignan.
In the twelfth century the Order of the Temple established itself in the area. The commandery of Le Ruou, mentioned from the middle of the twelfth century in the south of the municipality, became one of the most important in Provence. At its height, in the thirteenth century, its estate reached nearly a thousand hectares spread across many municipalities, with cultivated land, vines, pasture and woodland. That Templar presence, and then Hospitaller after the order was dissolved, illustrates the economic weight of Lorgues in the Middle Ages. It also recalls the long farming and winegrowing vocation of a territory that has never stopped living off its land.
The development of Lorgues can still be read in its heritage. The collegiate church of Saint-Martin, one of the largest churches in the department, was built between 1704 and 1755 and bears witness to the prosperity of the town in the modern era. Around it are laid out the squares and plane-shaded avenues that host the market, still an important fixture of local life. In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries the municipality has kept its wine-growing roots, with estates classified under the Côtes de Provence and Coteaux Varois en Provence appellations, while welcoming new residents drawn by the Provençal setting and by the closeness of Draguignan.
Lorgues has 9 849 inhabitants. According to INSEE, the French national statistics office, the housing stock is overwhelmingly made up of houses, and residents are largely owner-occupiers, nearly seven households in ten. A substantial share of dwellings was built after 1970, a sign of recent residential growth added to the old centre. Large homes dominate: most dwellings have four rooms or more. Buyers combine year-round households, retirees who came to enjoy the climate and the space, and second-home purchasers drawn by the Var hinterland and its wine-growing setting.
The average apartment price in Lorgues is 2 617 €/m², based on DVF transactions actually completed before notaries. Houses and villas, which dominate the stock, trade clearly above, at around 3 839 €/m². Values vary according to the size of the plot, the view, the condition of the property and the distance to the village centre. A farmhouse with land and an apartment in the old centre are not in the same market.
Lorgues is above all a house market: according to INSEE, the stock is overwhelmingly detached, and demand is mainly for houses and villas with land. The apartment price of 2 617 €/m² relates mainly to the old centre of the village. Houses and villas, at around 3 839 €/m², trade according to the size of the plot, the presence of a pool, the view over the hills and the aspect.
The Saturday morning market is a long-standing fixture of life in Lorgues. It is held on the plane-shaded avenues and squares, at the foot of the collegiate church of Saint-Martin, and brings together local producers and stalls of Provençal produce. Beyond its commercial role, it adds to the appeal of the village for residents and second-home buyers alike, who value that typically Provençal town-centre life.
The vineyard holds a central place in Lorgues, where several estates produce wines classified under the Côtes de Provence and Coteaux Varois en Provence appellations. The vine, present since antiquity and developed by religious communities in the Middle Ages, still marks the landscape of the hills. That farming anchorage limits what can be built on some land and adds to the setting sought by buyers, particularly in the market for houses with land.
Lorgues lies some ten kilometres from Draguignan, sub-prefecture of the Var, linked by the departmental road. The A8 motorway and the station of Les Arcs-Draguignan, a short distance away, open connections towards Nice, Marseille and the rest of the region. That position in the Dracénie, away from the coast but well connected, adds to the appeal of the municipality for year-round residents as much as for second homes.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).