The average price per m² in Quimperlé is 2 216 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 45 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Quimperlé, where the Ellé and the Isole meet, in Finistère.
The average price of apartments in Quimperlé stands at 2 216 €/m², based on DVF transactions actually registered with notaries. A sub-prefecture of southern Finistère, the municipality sits where the Ellé and the Isole meet to form the Laïta and reach the ocean a few kilometres further on. Quimperlé is made up of a lower town, old and commercial, gathered around the Sainte-Croix abbey church, and an upper town spread over the slopes, which gives the market a real variety of properties. Demand comes from local households, from people working in the nearby Lorient area and from buyers drawn by the Breton setting and the rail links. Location, between the historic centre and the residential districts, the condition of a property and closeness to the rivers and the coast all weigh on value.
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 Quimperlé market reflects its position as a sub-prefecture and service centre of southern Finistère, halfway between Quimper and Lorient. With around twelve thousand five hundred inhabitants, the town combines local demand, that of people working in the nearby Lorient area and the interest of buyers drawn by the Breton setting. The variety of the stock, between the historic lower town, the slopes of the upper town and the outskirts, shapes a market with varied property profiles.
Several strengths sustain the appeal of the municipality. The heritage of the centre, the rail link to Paris, the closeness of Lorient and of the coast, and the presence of local shops make it a mid-sized town sought after for its quality of life. Conversely, the age of part of the building stock in the lower town may mean works, and the marked relief creates clear differences between areas. The market therefore remains balanced, driven by varied residential demand.
Quimperlé sits at a level close to the prefecture Quimper, behind the central town of Lorient and its coastal municipalities, in the middle range of the inland towns of southern Brittany rather than at the level of the seaside resorts.
Quimperlé owes its origin and its name to its geography: the town grew where the Ellé and the Isole meet, a site denoted in Breton by the word kemper, the confluence. It was there that Sainte-Croix abbey was founded in 1029, on the site of an earlier monastery named Anaurot. Tradition links that foundation to Alain Canhiart, count of Cornouaille, and the abbey became a major religious establishment, with a Romanesque abbey church of remarkable circular plan.
Around the abbey and river trade, the lower town took shape in the Middle Ages as a merchant centre, while more scattered housing settled on the heights. This division into lower town and upper town, inherited from the relief and from history, remains one of the features of Quimperlé today. The old heritage of the centre, its houses, its lanes and its abbey church bear witness to that long past as a religious and merchant town of the Cornouaille country.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, Quimperlé grew as a service and retail centre for southern Finistère, halfway between Quimper and Lorient. The arrival of the railway, with a station today served by high-speed trains to Paris, reinforced its role as a small crossroads town. It keeps a lively shopping centre and a fabric of local shops, while enjoying the closeness of the coast and of the Laïta, valued for the quality of life.
Quimperlé has around 12 500 inhabitants. Its housing stock is varied: town houses and older buildings in the historic lower town, around the Sainte-Croix abbey church, detached houses and more recent estates on the slopes of the upper town and on the outskirts. Main residences dominate, with a balance between owners and tenants. Buyers mix local households, people working in the nearby Lorient area and purchasers won over by the heritage, the rail link to Paris and the closeness of the coast and the rivers.
The average price of apartments in Quimperlé is 2 216 €/m², based on DVF transactions actually completed before notaries. This level sits in the middle of the mid-sized towns of southern Finistère. The average covers differences by location, between the historic lower town around the Sainte-Croix abbey church, the slopes of the upper town and the outskirts, as well as by the condition and character of a property.
Quimperlé is marked by pronounced relief that separates a lower town from an upper town. The lower town, old and commercial, is gathered where the Ellé and the Isole meet, around the Sainte-Croix abbey church. The upper town spreads over the slopes, with more residential housing. This organisation inherited from history gives the property market a real variety of properties, from older homes in the centre to houses on the heights.
The municipality has a station in its centre, served by high-speed trains to Paris-Montparnasse via Rennes, Vannes, Auray and Lorient, as well as to Quimper. It also lies some twenty kilometres from Lorient, whose employment area draws some of its residents. This double accessibility, by rail towards Paris and by road towards Lorient, supports the residential appeal of Quimperlé.
The Sainte-Croix abbey church is the former church of the abbey founded in 1029 at the heart of the lower town. It is renowned for its circular plan, inspired by the churches of the Holy Sepulchre, and for its Romanesque crypt, which makes it one of the most unusual Romanesque buildings in Brittany. It marks the historic centre of Quimperlé and adds to the sought-after heritage character of the lower town.
Yes. Where the Ellé and the Isole meet, Quimperlé gives rise to the Laïta, a waterway that reaches the Atlantic a few kilometres further south, towards Le Pouldu and the bay. The town is therefore not on the seafront but stays very close to the coast of southern Finistère, which adds to its residential and tourist appeal, between heritage, rivers and beaches quickly reached.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).