The average price per m² in Montargis is 1 354 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 135 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Montargis, the Venice of the Gâtinais, along its canals in the Loiret.
The average price of an apartment in Montargis stands at 1 354 €/m². This average covers a varied urban housing stock, where old buildings in the historic centre, often built along the canals, sit alongside more recent apartment blocks put up on the outskirts. The old town centre, with its characterful houses and its immediate proximity to the shops, does not trade at the same level as the housing districts of the 1960s and 1970s. Detached houses, more common on the edges of the municipality, trade at a higher level than apartments. These figures come from DVF data, the French notarised sales database, which lists the sales actually registered with notaries.
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 Montargis market remains one of the most affordable in the north of the Loiret. The town plays a twofold role: an employment and services hub for its urban area, and a gateway to the Paris region thanks to the direct rail link to Paris-Bercy. This dual function supports local demand from first-time buyers and attracts workers from Île-de-France looking for a larger home on a measured budget. The old centre, with its setting of canals and bridges, draws most searches for character properties, while the districts of apartment blocks meet more budget-conscious demand.
Supply is split between older town-centre buildings, sometimes in need of renovation, and residences from the 1960s and 1970s whose energy performance is becoming a bargaining point. Homes with a poor energy rating sell more slowly and leave more room for negotiation. Conversely, renovated properties or those close to the canals and shops remain easy to sell. The proximity of more expensive cities such as Orléans and its urban area places Montargis at the lower end of the regional market, a positioning that feeds its appeal to price-conscious buyers.
Away from the major centres, Montargis shows prices noticeably more affordable than its points of comparison: below Orléans and Olivet, the two Loiret towns, and far below Créteil, in the Paris region, to which a direct train connects it.
Montargis owes its nickname, the Venice of the Gâtinais, to its exceptional network of waterways. The town is crossed by the Loing, the Briare canal, the Vernisson and the Puiseaux, a mesh of around ten kilometres of reaches and streams that divides the centre into islets linked by more than a hundred and thirty bridges and footbridges. The Briare canal, opened in the 17th century, was one of the first summit-level junction canals in Europe: it links the Loire to the Seine and long gave the town a role as a river crossroads between the Paris Basin and the Loire valley.
The centre still bears the traces of this long history. The castle, whose origins go back to the 12th century, still overlooks the old town, while the musée Girodet pays tribute to the painter Anne-Louis Girodet, born in Montargis in 1767. The musée des Tanneurs, housed in a 16th-century residence on the banks of the Puiseaux, recalls the craft past of the riverbanks. The town is today listed among the Plus Beaux Détours de France.
Montargis has a singular link with China. Between 1919 and 1922, the town welcomed several hundred young Chinese people who came as part of the Travail-Études (work-study) movement, which alternated factory work and training. Deng Xiaoping, the future leader of the People's Republic, stayed there and worked at the nearby Hutchinson factory, in Châlette-sur-Loing. In 2014, the station square was named place Deng Xiaoping, and a centenary monument was unveiled there in 2019. This chapter today draws memorial tourism from China.
Montargis has 14 825 inhabitants. Its housing stock is mainly made up of apartments: the town concentrates the apartments of its urban area, between the old centre clinging to the canals and the residential districts built in the second half of the 20th century. Detached houses are found mostly on the edges of the municipality and in the neighbouring municipalities of the urban area. The share of tenants is high, reflecting the weight of the private rental stock in the centre and of social housing. Buyers are mainly local households, first-time buyers drawn by contained prices, and a growing share of workers employed in the Paris region who make use of the direct rail link.
An apartment sells on average for 1 354 €/m² in Montargis, based on the sales registered with notaries and published in the DVF database. This municipal average covers very different situations, from an old home needing renovation in the town centre to a recent apartment on the outskirts. The address, the view over the canals, the floor, the year of construction and the energy performance certificate (DPE) explain most of the gaps. A sound valuation relies on comparable sales, not on the average alone.
The town is organised around its historic centre, the most sought-after area, where old houses line the canals a short walk from the shops and the castle. Around it, residential districts built in the 1960s and 1970s offer larger floor areas at more affordable prices. The edges of the municipality and the municipalities of the urban area have more detached houses. These settings do not trade at the same level.
Montargis station is served by direct trains to Paris-Bercy in just under an hour, with several return journeys a day. This link brings the town closer to the capital and explains part of the demand from workers who want a larger home on a controlled budget. By car, the A77 motorway and the N7 connect Montargis to Île-de-France and to Orléans. This accessibility weighs in buyers' decisions.
It all depends on your project. The town itself is mainly an apartment market, with a dense old centre and districts of apartment blocks. Houses, rarer within the municipality, trade at a higher level and are concentrated on the outskirts and in the urban area. For a house with a garden on a tight budget, you often need to look at the neighbouring municipalities. The valuation of a house depends above all on its condition, its plot and its location.
The town is crossed by the Loing and a dense network of canals, and some areas close to the water are exposed to flood risk, as the floods of 2016 showed. Before buying, it is wise to consult the état des risques (the statutory natural-hazard disclosure) and the planning documents to locate the property in relation to the areas concerned. This information does not rule out buying, but it deserves to be factored into your valuation and your project.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).