The average price per m² in Mantes-la-Ville is 2 447 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 72 transactions are recorded each year.
Mood illustration of Mantes-la-Ville, in the Seine valley, in the Yvelines.
The average price of apartments in Mantes-la-Ville stands at 2 447 €/m², based on the DVF database, which records the transactions actually registered before notaries. That average covers a varied stock: blocks of flats in the districts close to the stations, suburban houses and town houses in the older fabric around the church of Saint-Étienne, estates built during the industrial growth of the 20th century and more recent schemes. The closeness of Mantes-la-Jolie, the rail service to Paris, the condition of the property, the storey and the presence of outdoor space make the value of a home vary from one sector to another. Its position in the Seine valley, some fifty kilometres west of Paris, anchors the municipality in the outer Paris-region market, at a more measured level than the Yvelines municipalities lying closer to the capital.
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 Mantes-la-Ville market remains active for a municipality of this size, supported by demand for main residences rather than by holiday-home investment. Sales concentrate on apartments in the districts served by the train and on houses in the suburban fabric. New supply exists, carried by schemes in the outer Paris region, but most transactions take place in the existing stock, between resales and renovations.
Several factors support this price level. The rail service to Paris, membership of the Mantes hub and of the Grand Paris Seine et Oise urban community, and a more affordable position than the Yvelines municipalities close to the capital keep demand steady. Conversely, the distance from Paris, the weight of flatted housing and competition from the neighbouring municipalities of the Seine valley cap the rise in prices and explain levels below those of the east of the department.
Mantes-la-Ville sits at a level close to its immediate neighbour Mantes-la-Jolie, to which it adjoins. It remains above Les Mureaux, further down the Seine, and below Poissy, a municipality of the same valley but closer to Paris.
The site is a former rural village recorded under the name Medenta Villa. The municipality took shape around the 10th century, and archaeological remains from the Roman period attest to a much earlier occupation. The church of Saint-Étienne, Romanesque in origin, keeps in its nave a herringbone masonry dated to the 11th century. Damaged by the bombing of the Second World War, it was the subject of a long restoration between 1968 and 1981.
Long turned towards farming, milling and the vine, which supplied the Paris region and Normandy, the municipality gave up growing vines in the 19th century in favour of market gardening and stock rearing. The arrival of the railway in the same period transformed the local economy: Mantes-la-Ville grew and took in industrial activity, notably in chemicals.
The administrative redrawing of the Paris region in 1964 attached the municipality to the department of the Yvelines and to the arrondissement of Mantes-la-Jolie, a transfer that took effect on 1 January 1968. On 1 July 1998, Mantes-la-Ville obtained its own postcode, separate from that of Mantes-la-Jolie, to which it adjoins. It is today part of the Grand Paris Seine et Oise urban community, in the Seine valley.
Mantes-la-Ville has 22 332 inhabitants according to the census carried out by INSEE, the French national statistics institute, and its residents are known as the Mantevillois and the Mantevilloises. A municipality of the outer Paris region, adjoining Mantes-la-Jolie in the Seine valley, it combines districts of flatted housing close to the stations with a suburban fabric inherited from its rural and industrial past. The market addresses first of all households settled year-round: first-time buyers looking for a more affordable way in than the Yvelines municipalities near Paris, families drawn by the rail service, and working people employed in the Mantes area or more widely in the Île-de-France. Apartments in the well-served sectors and town houses with outdoor space are among the most sought-after properties.
The average price of apartments in Mantes-la-Ville is 2 447 €/m², based on the DVF transactions actually completed before notaries. That average covers gaps depending on the district, closeness to a station, the storey, the condition of the property, its energy performance and the presence of outdoor space. A renovated apartment near transport and an older home further away do not trade at the same level.
Mantes-la-Ville lies in the west of the department, some fifty kilometres from Paris, further from the capital than the Yvelines municipalities close to the La Défense line. That distance, the structure of the housing stock and the weight of flatted housing explain more affordable levels than in the centre and the east of the department. The rail service to Paris nevertheless supports demand.
The municipality has its own rail service and adjoins the Mantes-la-Jolie hub, which links to Paris through the Transilien network and the regional trains. By car, it is reached by the A13 motorway and the roads of the Seine valley. Its position in the Mantes area, in the west of the Yvelines, makes it a gateway to the outer Paris region for people working in the Île-de-France.
The benchmark price of 2 447 €/m² covers apartments, well represented in the districts close to the stations. Town houses and suburban houses, inherited from the older fabric and from the estates of the 20th century, trade according to their floor area, their condition and the presence of a garden, often above the level of apartments. The choice depends on the budget, on the floor area sought and on how close to transport you want to be.
Yes. The municipality records a steady number of apartment sales each year in the DVF data, carried by demand from households settled year-round and by the appeal of the rail service to Paris. The immediate closeness of Mantes-la-Jolie and membership of the Grand Paris Seine et Oise urban community place the local market within an outer Paris-region dynamic.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).