The average price per m² in Niort is 1 955 €/m² for an apartment, within a range of 1,5 to 2,4 k€ per m², based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. Over the period, the market rose 13 % over 5 years and fell 5,1 % over the last 12 months, with about 335 transactions per year.
Illustration of Niort, prefecture town of the Deux-Sèvres, on the Sèvre Niortaise, at the gateway to the Marais poitevin wetlands.
Apartments in Niort sell at an average price of around 1 955 €/m², based on transactions actually recorded (DVF data, the French database of notarised sales). Prefecture town of the Deux-Sèvres on the Sèvre Niortaise, at the gateway to the Marais poitevin wetlands, Niort is France's leading mutual insurance hub, with the head offices of MAIF, MACIF and SMACL. Prices run from about 1 408 €/m² in Le Clou-Bouchet, to the south-west, to nearly 2 360 €/m² in Bessac, on the right bank of the Sèvre, where the waterside and the proximity of the centre pull the market upwards. The town centre, around the keep and the market halls, sits at about 2 172 €/m². Houses, at around 2 103 €/m², trade above apartments: Niort remains a town where detached housing dominates.
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 1 726 €/m² in 2021, the average price in Niort reaches 1 955 €/m² in 2026, a change of roughly +13 % 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 Niort covered by Immover, ranked from the most expensive to the most affordable.
The Niort market is that of a prefecture town of 59 854 inhabitants whose economy rests on mutual insurance and services. With an average price of around 1 955 €/m² for an apartment, Niort sits well below La Rochelle and Poitiers, while remaining above the small towns of the Deux-Sèvres. Houses, at around 2 103 €/m², trade above apartments: detached housing dominates demand, in particular in the former villages merged into the town.
The gap between districts reflects the structure of the town. On the right bank, in Bessac, the proximity of the water and of the centre pulls up the top of the market, ahead of the former village of Sainte-Pezenne. The town centre concentrates most apartment sales, in the oldest housing stock. Le Clou-Bouchet and Surimeau, to the north, marked by the large estates of the 1950s and 1960s and by urban renewal programmes, form the bottom of the range. With around 335 apartment sales per year, the town-wide average is solid, but that of the least active districts, such as Le Clou-Bouchet or Souché, varies widely from one year to the next.
With an average price of around 1 955 €/m², Niort is more affordable than La Rochelle, Poitiers and Bordeaux. Its mutual insurance employment base, its station on the Paris-La Rochelle line and the proximity of the Marais poitevin make it a town sought after by families and working buyers in west-central France.
Niort grew up on the Sèvre Niortaise, at the point where the river becomes navigable towards the Marais poitevin and the ocean. The keep, built in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries at the initiative of the Plantagenets, still marks that commanding position over the river and over the road between Poitiers and La Rochelle.
The town long lived on its port, its tanneries and its chamois-leather workshops, which lined the Sèvre. It has kept the market halls of 1869, the Pilori, the former town hall, the church of Notre-Dame and the Saint-André hill. In the twentieth century mutual insurance took over: MACIF opened its Niort head office in 1966, MAIF settled in 1979 on a twenty-hectare site between the Sèvre and the ring road. The neighbouring municipalities of Souché, in 1964, and Saint-Liguaire, in 1971, were merged into the town.
The geography of prices follows that history. On the right bank, in Bessac, the proximity of the water and of the centre forms the top of the market. The town centre concentrates the volume of sales, in a largely period housing stock. The large estates of the south-west and the north, around Le Clou-Bouchet and Le Pontreau, remain the most affordable and are the subject of urban renewal programmes. The former villages of Sainte-Pezenne and Souché, set apart, form markets of their own.
The Niort market attracts first-time buyers, families and the staff of the mutual insurers and their subsidiaries, who account for more than 10 000 jobs in the urban area. Demand covers the houses of the former villages and the suburban districts as much as the apartments of the centre and the banks of the Sèvre. Service-sector employment, the free bus network, the rail links towards Paris, Poitiers and La Rochelle and the proximity of the Marais poitevin support an active market.
The average price in Niort is 1 955 €/m² for an apartment (actual DVF transactions, notarised sales), within a range of 1 486 to 2 384 €/m² depending on the district. Listing portals show asking prices, 10 to 20 % above the prices actually recorded at signing.
No. Bessac, on the right bank of the Sèvre, shows the highest prices, at around 2 360 €/m², while Le Clou-Bouchet, to the south-west, remains the most affordable area, at around 1 408 €/m². The town centre, around the keep and the market halls, sits at about 2 172 €/m². From one end of the town to the other, the gap therefore exceeds two thirds of the entry price.
Niort combines a dense service-sector employment base, driven by the head offices of MAIF, MACIF and SMACL, a period heritage around the keep and the market halls, and the immediate proximity of the Marais poitevin. The Tanlib bus network has been free for everyone since 1 September 2017 and the station links the town to Paris, Poitiers and La Rochelle. The average price, at around 1 955 €/m² for an apartment, remains well below that of La Rochelle or Bordeaux.
Over five years the Niort market has risen by about 13 % for apartments, but the last twelve months show a fall of about 5 %. The volume, at around 335 apartment sales per year, makes the town-wide average reliable; the average for some districts rests on far fewer transactions and varies more from one year to the next.
The town-wide average is not enough: you need to start from the price in your own district, then adjust for the type of property, the floor, the condition, the energy rating and how close it is to the centre or to the banks of the Sèvre. The gap is also clear between apartments and houses, the latter trading higher in Niort. 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).