The average price per m² in Saint-Pair-sur-Mer is 4 190 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 26 transactions are recorded each year.
Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, a seaside resort in the Manche south of Granville, facing the baie du Mont-Saint-Michel.
In Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, apartments trade on average at 4 190 €/m², a level that reflects the immediate closeness of the coast and the standing of the resort with second-home buyers. That average covers very different realities: small studios in the old village, more recent apartments in developments built by the beach, and lots created by dividing up the large seaside villas of the Belle Époque. Demand comes in good part from Norman and Parisian families looking for a pied-à-terre facing the sea, but also from retired people who choose the municipality to live there year-round, in a setting less tight than nearby Granville. The value of a property varies above all with the distance to the beach and the presence of a direct sea view: an apartment giving onto the seafront stands clearly apart from the rest of the stock, while a dwelling set further back, towards the village or inland, remains more affordable. The condition of the building also weighs: the developments of the 1970s and 1980s, common in the municipality, often call for energy renovation work that feeds through to the final price.
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-Pair-sur-Mer market benefits from a steady residential and tourist appeal, carried by the closeness of Granville and by one of the largest beaches in the area. That situation limits price falls, even in periods when demand slows at regional level.
Conversely, the municipality remains dependent on a restricted volume of transactions, around 26 a year, which can amplify price swings from one year to the next depending on the nature of the properties sold. The ageing of part of the seaside stock, built before current energy standards, also weighs on the value of properties that have not been renovated.
Saint-Pair-sur-Mer sits above its direct neighbours in the southern Manche. The municipality remains, however, more affordable than the most highly rated resorts of the côte d'Émeraude, a little further west in the Ille-et-Vilaine.
Saint-Pair-sur-Mer is among the oldest settlements on the coast of the baie du Mont-Saint-Michel. The site saw significant Scandinavian settlement in the 10th century, then became in 1022 an estate entrusted to the monks of the Mont-Saint-Michel, who contributed to its development. In the Middle Ages, the place was a stronghold more important than its neighbour Granville, and the dukes of Normandy held a castle there that has since disappeared.
The seaside vocation of the municipality asserted itself from the middle of the 19th century. In the Belle Époque, Saint-Pair-sur-Mer became a small resort favoured by well-off families, who came to enjoy the casino and the long stretch of fine sand that runs along the municipality. That passage into the seaside era left a legacy of comfortable villas, sought after today by buyers looking for character.
Set about 3,5 km south of Granville, the municipality stretches out facing the îles Chausey, in the baie du Mont-Saint-Michel. Its beach, several kilometres long, is split in two by the mouth of the Thar, a small coastal river that still shapes the landscape between the old village and the seafront.
Saint-Pair-sur-Mer has 4 507 inhabitants. The municipality attracts two fairly distinct buyer profiles: retired and working people looking for a quiet main residence, in the immediate vicinity of Granville and its shops, and second-home owners coming from Paris, Caen or Rennes to enjoy the coast. Norman families also make up part of the demand, drawn to a seaside setting without the prices charged in Dinard or Saint-Malo. The properties sought range from the apartment with a sea view, much in demand despite limited supply, to the village house or the villa of the 1930s to 1960s in need of renovation. The market is kept going by a modest volume of transactions, consistent with the size of the municipality.
The average price recorded is around 4 190 €/m² for an apartment. That level varies sharply with closeness to the seafront and with the year of construction of the property. A property with an open view over the bay generally trades above that average.
The municipality is reached by road from Granville, about 3,5 km away, which has a station linking Paris via Villedieu-les-Poêles or Folligny. Access is mainly by car, the A84 motorway linking Caen and Rennes lying around thirty minutes away. That closeness to Granville makes daily life easy while keeping a quieter setting.
The closeness of the coast and of the îles Chausey, the standing of a seaside resort inherited from the Belle Époque and the proximity of Granville all work in the market's favour. The low availability of front-line seafront properties keeps demand above supply on that particular segment.
The stock is made up of older seaside villas, often divided into apartments, of more recent developments built from the 1970s onwards, and of village houses in the old centre. Properties with a direct sea view remain rare and sought after.
It is worth checking the exposure of the property to coastal risks, flooding or erosion, common in the municipalities of the baie du Mont-Saint-Michel, along with the condition of the services and of the insulation in the developments of the 1970s and 1980s. The occupancy status of the property, main or second home, also affects its local taxation.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).