The average price per m² in Perros-Guirec is 4 083 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 65 transactions are recorded each year.
Mood illustration of Perros-Guirec, on the Côte de Granit Rose, in the Côtes-d'Armor.
The average price of apartments in Perros-Guirec stands at 4 083 €/m², according to the DVF database, which records the transactions actually registered before notaries. That average covers a contrasting stock: seaside residences and villas facing the sea, apartments in the centre around the marina, village houses and more recent properties on the heights. The sea view, the aspect, the storey and the distance to the Trestraou and Ploumanac'h beaches make the value of a property vary widely. Its standing as a seaside resort of the Côte de Granit Rose, the strong presence of second homes and limited coastal land support the levels of the best-placed properties, on the seafront or in the immediate vicinity of the shore.
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 Perros-Guirec market remains active for a municipality of this size, with around sixty-five apartment sales recorded each year in the DVF data. That turnover owes to the large share of second homes, which change hands more often than dwellings occupied all year round, and to the lasting appeal of the Côte de Granit Rose. New supply remains limited: coastal protection, the scarcity of building land by the sea and the already built-up character of the most prized sectors concentrate transactions on resales and renovations within the existing fabric.
Several factors support this price level. The setting of the pink granite coast, the Trestraou and Ploumanac'h beaches, the marina, the customs officers' path and the closeness of the Sept-Îles keep up tourist and residential demand that reaches beyond the local area alone. The municipality also benefits from the national standing of the Côte de Granit Rose, which attracts second-home buyers from the Paris region and elsewhere. Conversely, the distance from the large employment areas and the seasonal nature of activity, largely turned towards tourism, cap the rise in prices and explain levels below those of the best-rated resorts of the northern coast of Brittany.
Perros-Guirec sits clearly above its immediate neighbour Lannion, some ten kilometres inland. It remains below the best-rated seaside resorts of the northern coast of Brittany, such as Saint-Cast-le-Guildo and Dinard, further east.
The name Perros-Guirec joins the Breton penn, the head or the summit, and roz, the mound or the hill, to the name of saint Guirec, a monk from Wales who is said to have brought Christianity to the area around the 6th century. The coast has been occupied for a very long time: archaeologists have recorded traces of human presence there going back to prehistory, then remains from the Neolithic and from the Bronze and Iron Ages spread along the shore.
In the Middle Ages, Perros-Guirec formed an enclave of the diocese of Dol inside the diocese of Tréguier, in this Trégor country to which the municipality is still attached. The coast suffered Viking raids in the 9th century, then saw pilgrims pass through on the way to Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle from the 12th century onwards. The chapel and the oratory of Saint-Guirec, in the cove of Ploumanac'h, keep the memory of that early Christianisation.
The municipality became a seaside resort at the end of the 19th century. The building of the first hotel in 1886, then the arrival of the railway in 1906, went with the rise of tourism around the Trestraou beach, lined with Belle Époque villas. Perros-Guirec has since established itself as one of the gateways to the Côte de Granit Rose, a stretch of coast of about thirty kilometres where blocks of pink granite, several hundred million years old, form spectacular chaos formations. The former fishing hamlet of Ploumanac'h was voted favourite village of the French in 2015, and the Sept-Îles archipelago, offshore, is home to the oldest bird reserve in France, created in 1912.
According to the census carried out by INSEE, the French national statistics institute, Perros-Guirec has 7 336 inhabitants. A coastal municipality of the Trégor and a seaside resort of the Côte de Granit Rose, its market is marked by a large share of second homes, a trait shared with the resorts of northern Brittany: the population actually present varies sharply between winter and the summer season. Buyers divide between households settled all year round, retired people drawn by the coastal setting and second-home buyers, coming in particular from the Paris region and from the rest of Brittany. Properties with a sea view, close to the Trestraou beaches or to the harbour, and the seaside villas of the shoreline remain the most sought after.
The average price of apartments in Perros-Guirec is 4 083 €/m², according to DVF transactions actually completed before notaries. That average covers wide gaps depending on the sea view, the storey, the presence of a terrace or outdoor space, the condition of the property and its distance to the beaches. An apartment on the seafront and a home in the village centre without a view do not trade at the same level.
The value of a property in Perros-Guirec depends first of all on its closeness to the shore and on the view. Properties on the seafront, the surroundings of the Trestraou beach, the marina and Ploumanac'h sit at the top of the range, as do the seaside villas with outdoor space. The village centre, the heights and the sectors further from the coast remain more affordable. Aspect and quiet also play on the levels.
The nearest station is Lannion, some ten kilometres away, linked to the TER network via Plouaret-Trégor on the Paris-Brest line. The Lannion-Côte de Granit airport runs a few services. By car, the municipality is reached from Lannion, and the RN12 then links the area to Saint-Brieuc and Rennes. Traffic becomes much heavier during the summer season.
Largely so. As in most seaside resorts of the Côte de Granit Rose, a large share of the municipality's dwellings are second homes, occupied above all in summer and during the holidays. That structure feeds a steady turnover of sales and supports demand for properties with a view and close to the sea. Furnished tourist lets are subject to local rules, to be checked with the town hall before any short-term letting project.
The benchmark price of 4 083 €/m² relates to apartments, which are numerous in the seaside residences and in the centre. Houses, from the villas of the shoreline to more conventional village homes, are sought after but sit within limited coastal land and often trade above the level of apartments when they offer a view or outdoor space. The choice depends above all on the intended use, a main residence or a seaside pied-à-terre.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).