The average price per m² in Roussillon is 1 693 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. For a house or villa, it is 2 324 €/m². About 37 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Roussillon, a town in the Rhône valley with its Renaissance château, in the Isère department.
In Roussillon, in the Isère department, the average apartment price stands at 1 693 €/m², based on DVF data, the French notarised sales database, which records transactions registered with notaries. Set in the Rhône valley, south of Vienne, the municipality owes its history to its Renaissance château and to the large chemical platform that shaped its economy in the 20th century. The market remains dominated by houses, whose average price reaches 2 324 €/m². The value of a property depends on its location relative to the business parks, the condition of the home, its aspect and whether it has outdoor space.
House : 2 324 €/m²
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 Roussillon market remains driven by industrial employment in the Rhône valley and by price-sensitive demand for main residences, in an area where the supply of affordable houses remains plentiful.
The municipality's strength lies in its low entry cost and its links towards Vienne and Lyon. Its limitation lies in the industrial image of the area and a residential appeal weaker than that of the neighbouring hillside municipalities.
Roussillon sits in the lower-middle range of the Rhône corridor, between the working-class municipalities of the valley and the more residential areas close to Lyon.
Roussillon owes its renown to its château, where the edict setting 1 January as the first day of the year in the kingdom of France was signed in 1564.
Long an agricultural market town of the Rhône valley, the municipality underwent a major industrial transformation with the arrival of chemical plants on the riverbank, which attracted a working-class population and shaped its urban layout.
With 8 595 inhabitants, Roussillon remains a valley municipality marked by this dual heritage, historic and industrial, not to be confused with its hilltop namesake in the Luberon.
Roussillon has 8 595 inhabitants and appeals first to households looking for an affordable market in the Rhône valley. Factory workers and employees of the industrial sites, first-time buyers and families find some of the lowest prices in the area here, for townhouses and apartments alike. Demand remains local, driven by jobs at the chemical platform and the neighbouring business parks. Buyers value the moderate entry cost, the presence of shops and services, and the road and rail links towards Vienne and Lyon.
The average apartment price in Roussillon, in the Isère department, is 1 693 €/m², based on DVF transactions recorded by notaries. Houses sell on average at around 2 324 €/m². These levels are among the most affordable in the Rhône valley.
Exactly. The famous ochre village of Roussillon lies in the Vaucluse department, in the Luberon, and shows much higher prices. This page covers Roussillon in the Isère department, an industrial town of the Rhône valley with a very different market.
The industrial heritage and the municipality's position in a working-class employment area keep prices at moderate levels. It is an affordable main-residence market, without the pressure seen in the residential municipalities close to Lyon.
Largely. The chemical platform and the business parks of the Rhône valley support employment and therefore housing demand. Good links towards Vienne and Lyon nevertheless widen the pool of buyers.
The average price of 1 693 €/m² serves as a benchmark, but location and condition weigh heavily in a market of this kind. Immover draws on actual DVF sales to offer you a free valuation tailored to your home in the Isère department.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).