The average price per m² in Plaisance-du-Touch is 2 654 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 55 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Plaisance-du-Touch, on the Touch river, west of Toulouse.
The average price of apartments in Plaisance-du-Touch stands at 2 654 €/m², based on DVF data, the French notarised sales database, covering transactions actually registered with notaries. This average covers a mainly suburban housing stock: three quarters of the municipality consists of detached houses, and the supply of apartments is concentrated in the village centre and in more recent developments along the roads towards Toulouse. Floor area, year of construction, the presence of a garden and closeness to bus lines towards the metropolitan area make the value of a property vary significantly. Located in the inner western ring of the Toulouse conurbation, on both banks of the Touch, the municipality has seen its population grow strongly as housing estates were built.
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 Plaisance-du-Touch market remains active for an inner-ring municipality, with around fifty-five apartment sales recorded each year in the DVF data, plus a larger volume of houses. This turnover reflects the residential role of the municipality: homes change hands in step with family life stages, first a step onto the property ladder and then a resale for a larger house. New-build supply continues to feed the market along the roads towards Toulouse, which sets Plaisance apart from municipalities that are already fully built up.
Several factors support this price level. The immediate closeness of the employment hubs west of Toulouse, led by aerospace, and the direct connection to the metro via the Linéo 3 line bring the municipality closer to the centre of the conurbation. Prices below those of Toulouse sustain regular demand from families and first-time buyers looking for a house with a garden. Conversely, the municipality remains dependent on the Toulouse economic climate and on lending conditions, which weigh on transaction volumes across the whole metropolitan area.
Plaisance-du-Touch sits at a level close to its immediate neighbours west of Toulouse, Cugnaux and Colomiers, and well below Toulouse proper. The municipality belongs to the market of inner-ring residential centres, more affordable than the central city.
Settlement of the Touch valley dates back to around the turn of the first millennium, when this corridor between the Pyrenean foothills and the middle Garonne valley saw a population surge and new land brought under cultivation. The first written mention of the locality dates from a document of 1164: the hamlet was then called Minhac, on the left bank of the Touch. In the 13th century, the Count of Toulouse exercised his rights there through a bayle, a local officer in charge of judicial and tax duties.
The present municipality was born as a bastide, a planned medieval new town, in the 13th century, founded in the name of the King of France by the seneschal of Toulouse Eustache de Beaumarchais, who named it Plaisance after a prestigious town on the Italian peninsula. Construction of the Saint-Barthélemy church took place in stages from the late Middle Ages. The final name of Plaisance-du-Touch was set at the end of the 19th century, to distinguish the municipality from its namesakes, notably Plaisance in the Gers.
Long a farming village geared to brick, tile and the crops of the valley, Plaisance-du-Touch moved into the orbit of Toulouse during the second half of the 20th century. The sprawl of the conurbation, the closeness of the employment hubs west of Toulouse and the arrival of successive housing estates turned the municipality into an inner-ring residential centre. The African Safari wildlife park, located within the municipal boundaries, is one of its best-known landmarks across the metropolitan area.
Plaisance-du-Touch had 21 079 inhabitants at the 2023 census. According to INSEE, the French statistics institute, the municipality has around 9 400 dwellings, of which nearly 94 % are main residences and only 0,7 % second homes: it is lived in year-round, with no residential tourism dimension. Also according to INSEE, houses account for around 72 % of the stock and apartments 28 %, and nearly 64 % of main residences are owner-occupied. Buyers are mainly households working in the Toulouse metropolitan area looking for a house with a garden within reasonable distance of Toulouse, as well as first-time buyers attracted by prices below those of the central city.
The average price of apartments in Plaisance-du-Touch is 2 654 €/m², based on DVF transactions actually completed before notaries. This average covers gaps depending on floor area, year of construction, floor level, the presence of a balcony or garden and the condition of the property. A recent home close to the roads towards Toulouse and an older apartment in the centre do not sell at the same level.
The housing stock is mostly suburban: according to INSEE, around 72 % of dwellings are detached houses, a legacy of the housing estates that accompanied the growth of the municipality. Apartments, just over a quarter of the stock, are concentrated in the village centre and in more recent developments along the main roads. The benchmark price refers to apartments; houses trade on a separate market.
The Linéo 3 bus rapid transit line, opened in January 2019, links Plaisance-du-Touch to the Toulouse metro at Arènes station, via Tournefeuille, with a bus about every nine minutes at peak times. By car, the municipality reaches the western ring road of Toulouse via the RN124, the road that structures daily journeys towards the conurbation. The bus network completes these connections across the west of the Toulouse area.
No. According to INSEE, second homes account for less than 1 % of the housing stock: the municipality is lived in year-round, with no holiday-home market. Almost all transactions therefore involve buyers who are settling there, mainly working households from the Toulouse conurbation and first-time buyers. Local taxation follows the standard regime, with no surcharge linked to second homes.
The municipality combines an inner-ring position west of Toulouse, connections strengthened by the Linéo 3 line and a residential setting dominated by houses with gardens. Prices remain below those of the central city, which attracts families and first-time buyers. The African Safari wildlife park, the landscaped banks of the Touch and numerous sports and school facilities add to the appeal for a family clientele.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).