The average price per m² in Sens is 1 652 €/m² for an apartment, within a range of 1,4 to 1,9 k€ per m², based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. Over the period, the market rose 9 % over 5 years and fell 4,1 % over the last 12 months, with about 185 transactions per year.
Illustration of Sens, from the Saint-Étienne cathedral to the banks of the Yonne.
Apartments in Sens sell at an average price of around 1 652 €/m², based on transactions actually recorded (DVF data, the French notarised sales database). A sub-prefecture of the Yonne 120 km from Paris, the town is an apartment market: one hundred and eighty-five apartments sell each year against one hundred and twenty-two houses, and the price gap between the two segments is only 13 %. Seven districts out of eight sit between 1 478 and 1 909 €/m². The eighth, Les Champs-Plaisants, sits at 891 €/m²: it is the large estate and priority neighbourhood of the town, a market apart. Houses trade at around 1 869 €/m².
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 1 519 €/m² in 2021, the average price in Sens reaches 1 652 €/m² in 2026, roughly +9 % 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 Sens covered by Immover, ranked from the most expensive to the most affordable.
The Sens market is that of a sub-prefecture well connected to Paris. With an average price of around 1 652 €/m² for an apartment and one hundred and eighty-five sales a year, Sens sits above Auxerre, the other Yonne town covered by Immover, and the apartment volume there is clearly higher than the house volume. The price gains 9 % over five years, with a peak in 2023 and an easing of 4,1 % over the last twelve months.
The geography of prices comes down to one sentence: the market is uniform everywhere except at one point. From Les Maillots to Serbois, seven districts sit within 29 %, and there is no prestige district breaking away at the top. Les Champs-Plaisants, at 891 €/m², forms the only real break, and it has to be read for what it is: a large estate of the 1960s and 1970s, a priority neighbourhood of the town, whose stock of rented flats belongs to a distinct market. Two districts remain low in volume and their annual series is missing the 2024 vintage: Les Nouveaux Quartiers with eight sales a year and Les Champs-Plaisants with nine. Their pages say so explicitly.
Sens compared with the major French cities, on the average price per m² of an apartment.
Sens was a capital before it was a sub-prefecture. The Senones, the Gaulish people who gave the town and its inhabitants their name, held one of the main territories of Gaul here. In the Middle Ages the town became a leading religious metropolis: its archbishop carried the title of primate of Gaul and Germania, and the town counted five abbeys, Saint-Pierre-le-Vif, Saint-Jean, Saint-Remy, Sainte-Colombe and Sainte-Marie-de-la-Porte.
From that period comes the monument that makes Sens singular. The Saint-Étienne cathedral, whose construction opened around 1130 under archbishop Henri Sanglier, is the first of the great Gothic cathedrals of France: pope Alexander III consecrated it less than thirty years later. The synodal palace beside it and the cathedral treasury complete an ensemble that few towns of this size possess.
The nineteenth century added the two landmarks of everyday life in Sens: the covered market of 1882, a metal-framed structure listed as a historic monument in 1975 and still trading five days a week, and the railway, which today puts Paris-Bercy less than an hour away. It is that link which governs part of the local property market: Sens is the northern gateway to Burgundy and the last affordable town on that axis.
The Sens market is first of all an apartment market, which is unusual for a commune of this size. One hundred and eighty-five apartments sell each year against one hundred and twenty-two houses, and a house trades only 13 % higher per m². Three profiles cross paths here: Paris region households looking for a town less than an hour from Paris-Bercy at a price three times lower than the inner suburbs; first-time buyers from the Sens area, for whom the flats of the centre and Les Chaillots remain affordable; and investors, the depth of the apartment market making resale easier. Studios come out at 1 895 €/m² and T4 units and larger at 1 457: the gap between small and large floor areas is marked, the sign of sustained rental demand.
The average price in Sens is 1 652 €/m² for an apartment (actual DVF transactions, notarised sales), within a range of 1 359 to 1 916 €/m² depending on the district. Property portals show asking prices, 10 to 20 % above the prices actually recorded.
Two things need to be distinguished. Seven districts out of eight sit within a band of 29 %, between 1 478 €/m² in Serbois and 1 909 €/m² in Les Maillots: across those seven, the market is uniform. The eighth, Les Champs-Plaisants, sits at 891 €/m², that is 46 % below the communal average. It is the large estate and priority neighbourhood of the town, a rented-flat market that does not compare with the rest.
Sens is one of the few towns of its size where apartments dominate. One hundred and eighty-five apartments sell each year against one hundred and twenty-two houses, and a house costs only 13 % more per m², 1 869 against 1 652. The two markets are therefore close, and the choice is settled more on the life plan than on the price gap.
Between 54 minutes and 1 hr 09 by regional train to Paris-Bercy, with thirteen trains a day. By car, allow around 1 hr 30 without traffic via the A5 and the A19. That link explains part of the local property demand, Sens being the last affordable town on that axis before Burgundy.
It gains around 9 % over five years and loses 4,1 % over the last twelve months. The annual series peaked in 2023 then eased. Movements differ between districts: Serbois gains 6,5 % over one year while Les Maillots loses 5,9 %.
Start by placing your property in relation to Les Champs-Plaisants: it is the only real break in the Sens market, and it is worth close to half the price. Across the rest of the town, the gaps between districts are small, and it is the condition of the property, its year of construction, its energy performance and the presence of a parking space that make the difference. Heritage character weighs in the old centre. The Immover valuation tool draws on the sales actually recorded 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).