The average price per m² in Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc is 2 784 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 17 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc, on the plateau of the Caux country, east of Le Havre.
In Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc, the reference price stands at 2 784 €/m² for an apartment. This level reflects the market of a Caux village, at once residential and well linked to Le Havre, where the detached house is largely dominant. These values come from DVF data, that is from transactions actually registered with notaries, and not from asking prices. They give an order of magnitude: each property still has to be assessed on its condition, its period of construction and its location, from the village centre to the more recent estate extensions.
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-Romain-de-Colbosc market is driven by steady local demand, fed by the Le Havre employment area and by the crossroads position of the municipality. Family houses with land remain the most sought-after segment, while older homes in need of renovation change hands more slowly, the energy question weighing more and more in negotiations. Annual transaction volume remains moderate, which makes each sale sensitive to the particular features of a property.
Over the longer term, the path of prices depends on the appeal of Le Havre and of its industrial port zone, from which Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc benefits as a well-connected residential municipality. The relative scarcity of building land on a largely agricultural plateau tends to support the value of existing houses. The price gap with the resorts of the nearby coast also keeps the municipality in a range affordable for households looking for space.
Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc sits in the middle of its area: its prices hold above those of Le Havre and Yvetot, one more urban and the other more rural, while staying below a coastal municipality such as Sainte-Adresse.
Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc spreads over the plateau of the Caux country, some fifteen kilometres east of Le Havre. The village grew from the Middle Ages under the name Golebosc, to which the name of a former archbishop of Rouen was later added. Its past was marked by leprosy, which took a heavy toll in the 11th century: the entrance to the old leper house of the village can still be seen on the lawns of the church, a witness to that medieval history.
The local economy long combined plateau farming with small-scale industry. From the 19th century, the setting up of a brickworks allowed the rise of the stone and brick buildings that mark part of the built fabric, from the town hall to the schools and the market hall. Today the municipality keeps this dual identity of farming village and small business centre, at the crossing of the main roads of the Caux headland.
Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc belongs to the Le Havre Seine Métropole urban authority, which brings together several dozen municipalities and forms a wide everyday living area. Set at the intersection of the A29 and A131 motorways, a few minutes from the Tancarville and Normandy bridges, the municipality enjoys a strategic position between Le Havre, the Seine estuary and the Caux plateau. It offers the shops, schools and services of a rural central village.
According to INSEE, the French national statistics institute, Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc has around 4 780 inhabitants. The market serves first of all local households: families and working people employed in the Le Havre area and the industrial port zone, who are looking for a village with services within reasonable distance of the city. The stock is overwhelmingly made up of detached houses, which steers demand towards buying a main residence rather than towards rental investment. Good road and motorway links widen the clientele to working households across the Caux headland looking for space and quiet.
The reference price in Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc stands at 2 784 €/m² for an apartment. This figure comes from DVF data, the sales actually signed before notaries. It is an average: a renovated home or a recent house with land can sit clearly apart from that baseline, depending on floor area, condition and location within the municipality.
The village centre concentrates the shops, the schools and part of the older stone and brick buildings, valued for everyday local life. Around it, the estates and residential extensions offer houses with land, sought after by families for the space. Properties well linked to the motorway access towards Le Havre gain value from the ease of commuting.
Yes. The municipality lies some fifteen kilometres east of Le Havre and at the intersection of the A29 and A131 motorways, a few minutes from the Tancarville and Normandy bridges. It is part of the Le Havre Seine Métropole urban authority, which concentrates the jobs, the services and the port zone. This accessibility is a major driver of its residential appeal.
The local market is above all a market of houses. A supply of apartments exists, mainly in the village centre, but remains limited. For a buyer, the detached house with land is the dominant product, suited to family life on the plateau. An apartment can suit a first purchase or a home close to the shops, but most transactions involve individual houses.
The older stone and brick buildings call for attention over renovation and energy performance. Part of the territory remains farmland, which limits building rights on some plots, and the closeness of the main roads may affect noise exposure in certain areas. Before any project, it is worth consulting the local planning document at the town hall to check whether a plot can be built on and which rules apply.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).