The average price per m² in Poisy is 4 869 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 77 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Poisy, on a hillside west of Annecy, in Haute-Savoie.
The average apartment price in Poisy stands at 4 869 €/m², based on DVF transactions actually registered with notaries (DVF is the French record of notarised property sales). This average covers a stock marked by the municipality's recent growth: apartment blocks from the 2000s and 2010s along the routes towards Annecy, detached houses with gardens inherited from the 1990s estates, and a few old hamlets on the hillside. Floor level, aspect, the view over the mountains and the immediate proximity of Annecy make values vary noticeably. Poisy remains a suburban municipality, more affordable than central Annecy while enjoying the same market pressure.
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 Poisy market is active for a municipality of this size, with around eighty apartment sales recorded each year in the DVF data. This turnover reflects the municipality's continuous population growth, which has more than doubled since 1990, and a stock mostly made up of apartments, which change hands more often than detached houses. New supply remains sustained by the schemes built along the routes towards Annecy, but available land is becoming scarcer as the municipality grows denser.
Several drivers sustain this price level. The immediate proximity of Annecy, five kilometres away, ties Poisy to one of the most dynamic employment areas outside Paris, where several thousand jobs have been created since 2020. The municipality acts as a fallback for households who can no longer buy in central Annecy or on the lake shores, while keeping an economic fabric of its own with its four business parks. Conversely, densification and rising interest rates have slowed price growth after several years of sharp increases.
Poisy sits below Annecy, its immediate neighbour, but well above the more distant municipalities of the area such as Rumilly. Its level stays close to that of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, another suburban centre of Haute-Savoie.
Settlement at Poisy goes back to Gallo-Roman times, attested by the remains of rural villas at the places known as Brassily and Marny. In the Middle Ages, monks established a priory on the hillside, around the 12th century. In 1404, by papal decision, this priory passed under the authority of the canons of the abbey of Entremont-en-Bornes, who long oversaw the farming and religious life of the village.
Poisy remained a rural and farming municipality until the 20th century. In 1866, when the village had around 850 inhabitants, a fruit and cheese cooperative was founded: it would process the milk of local farms until its final closure in 1996. In 1904, the Brassilly hydroelectric plant, on the Fier, took part in the electrification of the region. The agricultural school, opened in 1965 and now ISETA (the Annecy institute of environmental and territorial sciences), lastingly anchored a vocation for agricultural and environmental teaching in the municipality.
From the 1960s onwards, the proximity of Annecy turned Poisy into a residential municipality of the wider urban area. The population rose from 838 inhabitants in 1954 to 4 316 in 1990, then 9 291 in 2023: one of the fastest growth rates in the Annecy area. In parallel, four business parks host more than 250 small and medium-sized firms in industry, construction, retail and services, which makes Poisy a local employment centre and not merely a commuter village.
Poisy has 9 291 inhabitants at the last INSEE census. The municipality counts around 4 503 dwellings, of which 93.1 % are main residences and only 2.2 % second homes: this is a municipality of year-round residents, far removed from the profile of a resort. Notably for a suburban municipality, apartments account for around 62.4 % of the stock and houses 37.0 %, a direct consequence of the apartment schemes built during the strong growth of the last twenty years. Also according to INSEE, 62.4 % of main residences are occupied by their owners. Buyers are mainly working households employed in Annecy or in the local business parks, first-time buyers looking for a more affordable price than central Annecy, and families drawn by the schools and the setting between the Fier and the mountains.
The average apartment price in Poisy is 4 869 €/m², based on DVF transactions actually completed before notaries. This average covers gaps depending on floor level, aspect, the view over the mountains, the year of construction and the distance to Annecy. A recent apartment close to the routes towards Annecy and an older home on the hillside do not trade at the same level.
Poisy lies five kilometres west of Annecy and shares the same economic momentum, with prices generally more affordable than Annecy town centre. The municipality offers a varied stock, recent apartments as well as houses with gardens from the 1990s and 2000s. It attracts households who work in the urban area but are looking for a more manageable budget and a greener setting.
Poisy is directly connected to Annecy, about five kilometres away, by the departmental roads of the Annecy area. The municipality is served by the Grand Annecy bus network, and Annecy station as well as the A41 motorway remain easily reachable. This immediate proximity to a major employment centre explains a large share of residential demand in the municipality.
Poisy belongs to the very tight market of the Annecy urban area, one of the most expensive outside Paris, driven by job creation and the appeal of the area. The municipality nonetheless remains less costly than the lake and central Annecy. As more than nine tenths of the stock consists of main residences, properties that come up find buyers fairly quickly among households settling year-round.
Poisy's stock is mostly made up of apartments: according to INSEE, around 62.4 % of dwellings are apartments, and the benchmark price of 4 869 €/m² relates to that segment. Houses, around 37.0 % of the stock, are concentrated in the estates of the 1990s and 2000s and in the hillside hamlets; rarer on the market, they trade above the level of apartments. The choice depends mainly on the budget and on how much garden is wanted.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).