The average price per m² in Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer is 3 752 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 17 transactions are recorded each year.
Mood illustration of Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, on the côte de Nacre in the Calvados.
In Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, the reference price stands at 3 752 €/m² for an apartment. That level reflects the market of a seaside resort on the côte de Nacre, where second homes and the seafront sustain demand across a stock mixing period villas and small blocks of flats. These values come from the DVF database, which records sales actually registered before notaries, and not from asking prices in listings. They give an order of magnitude: each property still has to be assessed on its condition, its distance from the beach and its aspect.
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 Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer market is carried by the twofold role of the municipality: permanent housing close to Caen and a seafront second home. Coastal demand, driven by the beach and the seafront of the côte de Nacre, keeps a tight market for the best located properties, while the stock set back from the shore changes hands more quietly. The annual volume of transactions remains measured, which makes each sale sensitive to the specific features of the property, distance from the beach, aspect and condition, rather than to a mass trend.
Over the longer term, the path of prices depends on the lasting appeal of the Normandy coast, on the closeness of Caen and on the growing weight of energy performance, watched especially closely by the sea. The scarcity of building land on an already urbanised coastal fringe tends to support the value of well located existing properties, while energy-hungry homes or those far from the beach sell at a discount.
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer sits in the upper middle of its stretch of the côte de Nacre: its prices stay close to those of Luc-sur-Mer and Courseulles-sur-Mer, above Bernières-sur-Mer.
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer is a seaside resort on the côte de Nacre, in the Calvados, north of Caen, on the shore of the Channel. Until 1851, the territory belonged to the neighbouring municipality of Langrune. The opening of the Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer station in 1876, on the line linking Caen to the sea, allowed a seaside resort to take shape: the population, long rural, more than doubled over a century. From that Belle Époque the seafront keeps a promenade dyke lined with characteristic villas.
The history of the municipality is also marked by the Normandy Landings. On 6 June 1944, the Saint-Aubin beach, in the Canadian sector of Juno Beach, was one of the points of the Allied assault. From that period the municipality keeps remains and monuments recalling the commitment of the soldiers, Canadian in particular, who came to liberate the region. That memory is part of the identity of the resort and of the visitor traffic on the côte de Nacre.
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer lives today on its seaside and residential activity. Its long sandy beach, its pedestrian dyke and its shops enliven the summer season, while the municipality keeps a year-round life, carried by the closeness of Caen. A family resort on the côte de Nacre, it offers the services of a coastal town in a seafront setting, which shapes local life and residential appeal.
According to INSEE, the French national statistics institute, Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer has around 2 101 inhabitants. The market mixes two logics: year-round residents, families and retired people who value the coastal setting and the closeness of Caen, and strong second-home demand drawn by the seafront of the côte de Nacre. That share of leisure demand, carried by the beach and the seafront, supports values and steers part of the stock towards the resort apartment and the seafront villa, while the older town fabric remains sought after by permanent residents.
The reference price in Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer stands at 3 752 €/m² for an apartment. That figure comes from the DVF database, the sales actually signed before notaries. It is an average: a renovated apartment on the seafront, or an old villa to refresh set back from the beach, may depart markedly from that base, depending on floor area, condition and distance from the shore.
The seafront and its surroundings, with the promenade dyke and the Belle Époque villas, concentrate the strongest demand, for the view and the direct access to the beach. Set back, the residential streets and the town centre offer more affordable houses and apartments, sought by year-round residents. Closeness to the beach and aspect remain the main drivers of value.
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer sits on the côte de Nacre, some fifteen kilometres north of Caen, reached by the road that serves the coast. Caen offers the station, the services and the employment area of the conurbation, which makes it possible to combine coastal living with work in the metropolis. The neighbouring resorts of the côte de Nacre, from Courseulles to Ouistreham, complete what the sector has to offer.
The resort market offers both: apartments, often sought as second homes near the seafront and for seasonal letting, and houses, including period villas, aimed rather at a main residence or family stays. The choice depends on the intended use, leisure and letting on one side, permanent housing on the other, and on the distance from the beach being looked for.
The seafront comes with coastal planning rules and with the account taken of coastal risks, such as flooding from the sea, in certain sectors. The sea air also calls for attention to the upkeep of facades and joinery. Before any project, it is worth consulting the local planning scheme and the risk prevention documents at the town hall to check the rules applying to a given plot.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).