The average price per m² in Melun is 2 656 €/m² for an apartment, within a range of 2,1 to 3,1 k€ per m², based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. Over the period, the market held steady over 5 years and fell 1,1 % over the last 12 months, with about 332 transactions per year.
Illustration of Melun, from the Saint-Étienne island to the two banks of the Seine.
Apartments in Melun sell at an average price of around 2 656 €/m², based on prices actually recorded (DVF data, the French notarised sales database). The county town of the Seine-et-Marne, set in a bend of the Seine, it shows marked gaps from one bank to the other and from the centre to the plateau. Prices run from around 1 778 €/m² on boulevard de l'Almont, to the east, to 3 142 €/m² in the Woodi eco-district, to the north. The town centre, which holds the largest sales volume, stands at 2 740 €/m², level with the left bank. A house, at around 2 974 €/m², sells above an apartment.
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.
After 2 656 €/m² in 2021, the average price in Melun reaches 2 656 €/m² in 2026, roughly 0 % over the period.
Change in the average price per m² over twelve months, district by district, based on the most recent DVF sales.
The average price per m² for an apartment in each district of Melun covered by Immover, ranked from the most expensive to the most affordable.
The Melun market is that of an outer-suburban county town, at once an administrative hub and a spillover town for working people from the Paris region. With an average price of around 2 656 €/m² for an apartment, Melun sits above the Seine-et-Marne average and far below the inner-suburban towns with comparable transport. A house, at around 2 974 €/m², sells 12 % above an apartment, a sign of sustained family demand for the suburban housing of the left bank and the east.
The gap between districts reflects the urban history of the town. The new-build stock of the Montaigu plain forms the top of the market. The old centre and the left bank, which on their own carry more than half of all sales, stand within a narrow band between 2 700 and 2 900 €/m². The large estates of the north and the east sit 10 to 33 % below. With 332 sales a year, district averages are solid, except for Woodi, Almont and Trois Moulins, whose volumes stay modest.
With an average price of around 2 656 €/m², Melun sits at the level of medium-sized cities outside the Paris region, with a direct rail service to Paris that few of them offer. Its county-town status, its hospital and its university campus sustain continuous rental demand.
Melun was born on an island. The original core, the Saint-Étienne island, sits in the middle of the Seine and still carries the Notre-Dame collegiate church, founded in the eleventh century. The town then spread onto both banks: to the north the Saint-Aspais parish, whose flamboyant church and Saint-Barthélemy bell tower still dominate the centre, to the south the Saint-Ambroise parish. All three areas were fortified as early as the thirteenth century.
The railway set the second geography of the town. The station, built on the left bank on place Gallieni, tipped development towards the south and the west, from the Saint-Ambroise district to the Varenne plain, in the direction of Dammarie-lès-Lys. To the north, the plateau received from the 1960s the large estates of Montaigu and the Patton area, then the estates of boulevard de l'Almont and Les Mézereaux, to the east.
The geography of prices follows that history. The new-build stock of the Montaigu plain, where the Woodi eco-district has been delivered in phases since the early 2020s, forms the top of the market. The old centre and the left bank stand between 2 700 and 2 900 €/m². The large estates of the north and the east close the ranking, with nearly 45 % between boulevard de l'Almont and the eco-district.
The Melun market attracts working people employed in Paris who want a station less than thirty minutes from the capital, families targeting the houses and apartment developments of the residential districts, and investors drawn by the rental demand generated by the county administration, the hospital and the university campus. County-town status and the terminus of the RER D sustain a steady market, without sharp swings.
The average price in Melun is 2 656 €/m² for an apartment (actual DVF transactions, notarised sales), within a range of 2 111 to 3 111 €/m² depending on the district. Property portals show asking prices, 10 to 20 % above the prices actually recorded.
No, and the gap is close to twofold. The Woodi eco-district, to the north, shows the highest average price, around 3 142 €/m², while the boulevard de l'Almont area, to the east, sits at around 1 778 €/m². Between the two, the town centre and the left bank stand at around 2 700 to 2 900 €/m². The district price is therefore far more useful than the town average.
Melun is the county town of the Seine-et-Marne and the terminus of the RER D, with a complementary service on suburban rail line R towards Paris-Gare de Lyon. The town holds the administrative jobs of the department, a leading hospital and a university campus, at prices well below those of the inner suburbs. The setting, with the Seine and the Fontainebleau forest fifteen kilometres away, also weighs in the decision.
Over five years, the DVF average for apartments has stayed stable, at around 2 650 €/m², after a peak in 2022 at 2 911 €/m². The Melun market followed the wider Paris region movement: a rise up to 2022, then a softening, and stabilisation since. With around 332 apartment sales a year, the volume is enough for the trend to be readable.
The town average is not enough: you need to start from the price in your own district, then adjust for year of construction, floor level, condition, the presence of outdoor space and walking distance from the station. In Melun, which bank the property stands on and how far it is from place Gallieni weigh heavily. The Immover valuation tool draws on the actual sales closest to your address.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).