The average price per m² in Saumur is 1 755 €/m² for an apartment, within a range of 1,4 to 2,1 k€ per m², based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. Over the period, the market rose 20 % over 5 years and rose 4,5 % over the last 12 months, with about 167 transactions per year.
Illustration of Saumur, a town of art and history in the Saumurois, at the confluence of the Loire and the Thouet.
Apartments in Saumur sell at an average price of around 1 755 €/m², based on prices actually recorded (DVF data, the French notarised sales database). A town of art and history at the confluence of the Loire and the Thouet, in the Loire Valley listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, Saumur is dominated by its castle and known for its cavalry school and its Cadre noir. Prices run from around 1 301 €/m² in Hauts Quartiers, on the southern plateau, to nearly 1 928 €/m² in Saint-Lambert, to the north. The Centre-ville, below the castle, accounts on its own for half of all sales, at around 1 883 €/m². Houses, at around 2 006 €/m², trade above apartments: Saumur remains a town where the village house and detached housing hold an important place.
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.
After 1 467 €/m² in 2021, the average price in Saumur reaches 1 755 €/m² in 2026, around +20 % over the period.
Change in the average price per m² over twelve months, district by district, based on the most recent DVF sales.
The average price per m² for an apartment in each district of Saumur covered by Immover, ranked from the most expensive to the most affordable.
The Saumur market is that of a mid-sized town in the Loire Valley, a sub-prefecture town of Maine-et-Loire, carried by its heritage, its vineyard and its military and equestrian schools. With an average price of around 1 755 €/m² for an apartment, Saumur sits well below Angers and Tours, while remaining above the small rural communes of the Saumurois. Houses, at around 2 006 €/m², trade above apartments, which is characteristic of a town where the village house remains the benchmark property.
The gap between districts reflects the structure of the town. The Centre-ville, below the castle, accounts on its own for around 67 apartment sales a year, half of all transactions in the commune: it is the only district whose average rests on a genuinely solid volume. The former communes attached in 1973 keep narrow markets, where the apartment average rests on about a dozen sales a year and moves fast: Saint-Lambert thus passes nominally above the centre, on only eleven sales a year. Hauts Quartiers, on the southern plateau, closes the range. With around 167 apartment sales a year across the town, the commune-wide average remains reliable.
With an average price of around 1 755 €/m², Saumur is far more affordable than Angers and Tours, the two hubs that frame it along the valley. Its heritage, its Loire Valley setting and its rail link make it a town sought after by families and by buyers looking for a character property.
Saumur settled on the left bank of the Loire, where the Thouet flows in, at a crossing point between Anjou, Touraine and Poitou. Its castle, built on a rocky spur, overlooks the town and the valley. Tuffeau stone, quarried on the spot, gave the town its pale facades and its slate roofs, and left kilometres of underground galleries beneath the slopes.
The town owes its identity to two long-standing traditions. The military one first, with the cavalry school established since the eighteenth century, the cavalry museum and the tank museum. The equestrian one next, with the Cadre noir and the national riding school, based at the place known as Terrefort, in Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Florent. The Saumur vineyard, its appellations and its tuffeau cellars complete that base. In 1973, four neighbouring communes joined Saumur: Bagneux, Dampierre-sur-Loire, Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Florent and Saint-Lambert-des-Levées, which became delegated communes in 2014.
The geography of prices follows that history. The Centre-ville, below the castle, between the place de la Bilange and the quays, forms the top of the market and concentrates apartment sales. The former communes, Saint-Lambert to the north, Saint-Hilaire to the north-west and Bagneux to the south-west, each keep a market of their own, closer to houses than to apartments. Hauts Quartiers, on the plateau to the south, closes the range. The proximity of the Loire, the heritage and the rail link shape demand.
The Saumur market attracts first-time buyers, families and working households from the Saumurois, together with buyers from Angers, Tours or the Paris region looking for a heritage setting at a measured price. Demand covers the village houses and detached housing of the former communes as much as the apartments of the old centre. Second homes and character properties, often built in tuffeau, form a segment of their own, driven by tourism in the Loire Valley.
The average price in Saumur is 1 755 €/m² for an apartment (actual DVF transactions, notarised sales), within a range of 1 416 to 2 052 €/m² depending on the district. Property portals show asking prices, 10 to 20 % above the prices actually recorded.
No. The top of the market is played out between Saint-Lambert, at around 1 928 €/m², the Centre-ville below the castle, at around 1 883 €/m², and Croix Verte, at around 1 854 €/m². Hauts Quartiers, on the southern plateau, remains the most affordable area, at around 1 301 €/m². Between the two, Nantilly, Saint-Hilaire and Bagneux range from 1 553 to 1 721 €/m².
Saumur combines recognised heritage, a town of art and history in the Loire Valley listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, a setting between the Loire and the Thouet, and prices well below those of Angers and Tours. The station, on the right bank, links the town to Angers, Tours and Nantes, and the services of a sub-prefecture town are gathered here. The average price, at around 1 755 €/m² for an apartment, remains accessible given those assets.
The Saumur market is oriented upwards over five years, with marked gaps from one district to the next. With around 170 apartment sales a year, the town-wide average is solid, but that of several districts rests on about a dozen transactions a year and varies sharply from one year to the next.
The town-wide average price is not enough: you have to start from the price in your own district, then adjust for the type of property, the floor, the condition, the aspect and the view over the Loire or the castle. The gap between apartments and houses is also marked, houses trading here above apartments. The Immover valuation tool draws on the actual sales closest to your address.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).