The average price per m² in Nîmes is 2 222 €/m² for an apartment, within a range of 1,6 to 2,7 k€ per m², based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. Over the period, the market rose 4 % over 5 years and rose 0,6 % over the last 12 months, with about 1,535 transactions per year.
Illustration of Nîmes, prefecture of the Gard, a Roman city in Occitanie between the Mediterranean and the Cévennes.
Apartments in Nîmes sell at an average price of around 2 222 €/m², based on transactions actually recorded (DVF data, the French database of notarised property sales). The gaps between districts are very wide: they run from around 659 €/m² at Pissevin, a former state-planned housing zone in the west now undergoing urban renewal and the most affordable area, to nearly 3 144 €/m² in the residential district of Castanet, to the west, the most expensive in the city. The residential hills of Les Garrigues, to the north, also exceed 3 000 €/m². The house market sits higher, at around 2 972 €/m². Over five years, prices have risen by about 4 %, and the city records around 1 535 apartment sales a year.
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 2 128 €/m² in 2021, the average price in Nîmes reaches 2 222 €/m² in 2026, roughly +4 % 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 Nîmes covered by Immover, ranked from the most expensive to the most affordable.
The Nîmes market remains measured among the large cities of southern France. With an average price around 2 222 €/m² for an apartment, it sits below Montpellier or the towns of the Mediterranean coast. Over five years, prices have risen by about 4 %, a moderate increase, and the city records around 1 535 apartment sales a year, the sign of an active market.
Its geography draws wide gaps. The west and north of the city, around Castanet and the hills of Les Garrigues, concentrate the most highly rated areas, above 3 000 €/m². The historic centre of the Écusson, the station district and the residential districts form an intermediate core market. To the west, Pissevin, a former state-planned housing zone under urban renewal, and the south-east around Chemin Bas d'Avignon remain the most affordable areas and account for a large share of the city's transactions.
With an average price around 2 222 €/m², Nîmes is among the moderately priced large southern cities covered by Immover. The prefecture of the Gard offers a market that is still affordable, below the levels of Montpellier or the Mediterranean coast, which makes it an accessible large city in Occitanie for buying a main home or investing.
Nîmes is the prefecture of the Gard, in the Occitanie region, in southern France. With around 148 500 inhabitants, it is the main city of the department and one of the largest in the region. It spreads between the plain and the first garrigue scrubland hills, some forty kilometres from the Mediterranean and at the foot of the Cévennes. Its Mediterranean climate, its proximity to both sea and mountains, and its position between Montpellier and the Rhône valley shape its way of life.
The city built its identity on an exceptional Roman past. The Arena, one of the best-preserved amphitheatres of the Roman world, the Maison Carrée, an ancient temple listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the Tour Magne, which overlooks the Jardins de la Fontaine, bear witness to the former Roman colony. The nearby Pont du Gard completes this legacy. Nîmes combines that ancient heritage with a lively cultural scene, its férias, the city's bullfighting festivals, and the Carré d'Art designed by Norman Foster, facing the Maison Carrée.
Nîmes today relies on a station served by high-speed TGV trains towards Paris, Montpellier and Marseille, on the Tango transport network (bus routes and T1, a high-capacity bus rapid transit line), on the Carémeau teaching hospital to the west and on the A9 motorway, which links the city to the Mediterranean and to Spain. This setting, combined with prices that remain measured and with wide gaps between districts, shapes an affordable property market, sought after both for buying and for investing.
The Nîmes market attracts first-time buyers, families, retired people drawn by the climate and investors, in a large southern city where prices remain measured. Demand focuses on the older apartments of the centre, around the Écusson and the station, on the houses of the residential areas to the west and north, and on properties close to the teaching hospital and the medical school. Very wide price gaps, from the residential hills to the working-class districts under renewal, make it a contrasting market, open to owner-occupiers as well as to buy-to-let investors.
The average price in Nîmes is 2 222 €/m² for an apartment (actual DVF transactions, notarised sales), within a range of 1 587 to 2 680 €/m² depending on the district. Listing portals show asking prices, 10 to 20 % above the prices actually recorded at signing.
No. The gaps are among the widest of the large southern cities. The residential areas of the west such as Castanet and the hills of Les Garrigues, to the north, exceed 3 000 €/m², while Pissevin, a former state-planned housing zone in the west now undergoing urban renewal, remains at around 660 €/m². In between, the historic centre of the Écusson, the station district and the residential districts sit in an intermediate range.
With an average price around 2 222 €/m² for an apartment, Nîmes remains measured compared with Montpellier or the towns of the Mediterranean coast. It is a market where buying a main home is still within reach, and one sought after for buy-to-let, supported by the student population and the teaching hospital.
Over five years, prices have risen by about 4 %, a moderate increase. The Nîmes market has stayed fairly stable, supported by the appeal of the south and by the city's heritage, while keeping levels more affordable than other large cities in Occitanie.
The city average is not enough: you have to start from your district's price, then adjust for the floor, the view, the condition of the property and the distance to the historic centre, the station, the teaching hospital or the residential areas. The Immover estimator 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).