The average price per m² in Saint-Jeoire is 3 037 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 27 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Saint-Jeoire, a Faucigny town in Haute-Savoie.
The average apartment price in Saint-Jeoire stands at 3 037 €/m², based on DVF transactions actually registered with notaries (DVF is the French record of notarised property sales). This average covers a stock where detached houses and apartments share the market almost equally, the supply of apartments being concentrated in the town centre and the recent developments around it. Location within the valley, aspect, the age of the building, floor area and the condition of the property make values vary sharply from one sale to another. The source remains DVF, that is, sales completed before notaries, and not agency estimates.
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-Jeoire market is driven first by employment. The municipality lies within the sphere of influence of Geneva and Annemasse, where cross-border work pulls incomes upwards, and in the immediate vicinity of the industrial area of the Arve valley, specialised in precision machining around Cluses. This dual source of employment sustains steady housing demand, driven by families and working people settled year-round. The municipality's steady population growth since the early 2000s feeds the need for main residences and supports transaction volume.
Several factors shape prices. The proximity of the Swiss border and of the employment centres places Saint-Jeoire in a tight market, while offering more affordable budgets than the Annemasse urban area or the neighbouring Giffre resorts. The foot of the Brasses massif and the entrance to the Vallée Verte bring mid-mountain visitors, more discreet than in the large resorts but real. Conversely, the steep-sided relief of the valley limits building land and contains new supply, which sustains pressure on existing houses and apartments.
Saint-Jeoire sits in the middle of the Faucigny range, above Cluses and its industrial area, at a level close to Bonneville, and noticeably below Taninges, which is more marked by the proximity of the Giffre resorts.
The name Saint-Jeoire comes from Saint George of Lydda, the place being attested in the Latin form Sancto Georgio in 1185, the year a lord named Ponce de Saint-Jeoire appears in the records. The village then held a strategic position in the Faucigny, halfway between Annemasse and Cluses, in a steep-sided valley overlooked by the Pointe des Brasses and the Môle. In 1269, it became a tax collection centre, and a census of 1339 credits it with around 1 350 inhabitants. In the 14th century, its lords sided with the bishop of Geneva in his conflicts with the counts of Savoy.
Above the town stands the château de Beauregard, a former fortified house dating from the 13th century and long the property of the de La Fléchère family, vassals of the lords of Faucigny, who kept it for several centuries before selling it to the diocese of Annecy in 2004. In 1565, letters patent granted Saint-Jeoire a franchise allowing a market to be held on Fridays, a sign of its role as a trading town. Its religious heritage includes the Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours chapel, built in 1659, and the Saint-Georges church, rebuilt in Lombard neo-Gothic style between 1855 and 1858. These features still shape the old centre of the municipality today.
Saint-Jeoire is the birthplace of Germain Sommeiller, an engineer born in 1815, who directed the boring of the Fréjus rail tunnel, under the Mont-Cenis pass, completed in 1870 and for a long time the longest tunnel in the world. A statue has honoured him in the village since 1881. Long rural, the town developed in the 20th century under the influence of the nearby industrial area of the Arve valley and of residential growth in the Faucigny. At the entrance to the Vallée Verte and at the foot of the Brasses massif with its family ski resort, the municipality today combines a residential role, valley employment and mid-mountain tourism.
Saint-Jeoire has 3 457 inhabitants according to INSEE, a population rising steadily since the early 2000s. The housing stock is fairly balanced between houses and apartments, with around 51 % houses and 49 % apartments according to INSEE, a more urban split than in many Faucigny villages. Main residences form the large majority of the stock, second homes accounting for a little over one dwelling in ten. Owner-occupiers are in the majority, around 65 % of main residences according to INSEE. Buyers are mainly families and working people employed in the Arve valley or towards Annemasse and the Swiss border, along with a few second-home buyers drawn by the proximity of the slopes.
The average apartment price in Saint-Jeoire is 3 037 €/m², based on DVF transactions actually completed before notaries. This average hides gaps depending on the area, the age of the building, aspect and the condition of the property. A recent apartment close to the town centre and an older home in need of renovation do not trade at the same level. The detached house, almost as present as the apartment in the municipality, follows its own price logic, closely tied to the size of the plot.
The town centre, with its shops, its schools and its Friday market, holds most of the apartments and attracts households who want everything within walking distance. Around it, the hamlets and slopes are mostly home to houses with land, valued for the quiet and the view over the valley. The proximity of the Vallée Verte and access to the Brasses massif add value to certain areas, and well-exposed properties close to the routes towards Annemasse are among the most sought after.
Saint-Jeoire has no station, the nearest ones being in the Arve valley, at Bonneville and Cluses, on the line linking Annemasse to Saint-Gervais. Travel therefore relies mainly on the car. The municipality is connected by road to the A40 motorway and to the Arve corridor, which puts Annemasse, Geneva and the Swiss border about thirty minutes away. This orientation towards cross-border employment and the industrial base of the valley weighs heavily on housing demand.
The market is split almost equally between houses and apartments, around 51 % houses and 49 % apartments according to INSEE. The apartment, rarer in the neighbouring villages, suits first-time buyers, rental investors targeting cross-border workers and more measured budgets. The house with land remains the choice of families looking for space, but its price depends greatly on the size of the plot, the view and general condition. The two segments follow distinct logics.
Saint-Jeoire occupies a pivotal position between the industrial corridor of the Arve valley, the Annemasse urban area and the entrance to the Vallée Verte. This situation attracts cross-border workers, employees of local industry and mid-mountain enthusiasts alike, which supports varied demand. The town keeps shops, services and schools, which sets it apart from the smaller villages around. The foot of the Brasses massif and its small resort add a tourist component that remains modest against the residential market.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).