The average price per m² in Tarbes is 1 450 €/m² for an apartment, within a range of 1,1 to 1,7 k€ per m², based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. Over the period, the market rose 12 % over 5 years and rose 1,8 % over the last 12 months, with about 551 transactions per year.
Illustration of Tarbes, from the Massey garden to the Pyrenees.
Apartments in Tarbes sell at an average price of around 1 450 €/m², based on transactions actually recorded (DVF data, the French database of notarised property sales). Capital of the Bigorre and set in the Pyrenean foothills, the town shows contained gaps from one district to another. Prices range from around 1 250 €/m² near the station to 1 680 €/m² in Solazur, to the south-west, where the newer developments are concentrated. The town centre, which accounts for more than a quarter of all sales, sits at 1 496 €/m². Houses, at roughly 1 762 €/m², trade 21 % above apartments.
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 1 299 €/m² in 2021, the average price in Tarbes reaches 1 450 €/m² in 2026, roughly +12 % 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 Tarbes covered by Immover, ranked from the most expensive to the most affordable.
The Tarbes market is that of a foothill prefecture town, backed by a stable industrial and administrative employment area. With an average price of around 1 450 €/m² for an apartment, Tarbes sits below the Occitanie average and well below Toulouse or Pau. Houses, at around 1 762 €/m², trade 21 % above apartments, a sign of demand mostly geared towards individual homes.
The gap between districts is small for a town of this size: 34 % between the most expensive and the most affordable, where many prefecture towns exceed 60 %. The south-west, renewed by the developments on the avenue Aristide-Briand, holds the top of the market; the town centre and Marcadieu, which together account for 41 % of sales, form the base; the west and the north close the ranking. With 551 sales a year, the averages of the central districts are very solid; those of the six districts with fewer than 25 annual sales should be read as orders of magnitude.
With an average price of around 1 450 €/m², Tarbes sits far below the major French cities and below its neighbour Pau. That level, combined with the immediate proximity of the Pyrenees and an international airport, makes it one of the most affordable prefecture towns in the south-west of France.
Tarbes is the historic capital of the Bigorre. The town formed around the Notre-Dame-de-la-Sède cathedral, west of today's centre, then shifted eastwards over the centuries, around the rue Brauhauban and its market hall, which remains the trading heart. The Massey garden, bequeathed to the town in the nineteenth century with its cloister rebuilt stone by stone, has become its emblem.
Industrial history shaped the rest. The arsenal, set up in the north-east along the avenue des Forges, sustained the town for more than a century and left behind a street vocabulary all of its own, from La Cartoucherie to Les Gargousses. The national stud farm, founded under the Empire, fixed the other Tarbes identity. To the south-west, the large housing estates of Solazur, Debussy and Laubadère were built in the 1960s to house that working population.
The geography of prices follows those two histories. The south-west, where the newer developments on the avenue Aristide-Briand have renewed the housing stock, forms the top of the market. The town centre, Marcadieu and the south-east range from 1 450 to 1 575 €/m². The western and northern areas, around the station, the boulevard Henri-IV and Laubadère, close the ranking between 1 250 and 1 320 €/m². The maximum gap between districts stays at 34 %, which is narrow for a prefecture town.
The Tarbes market is first and foremost local: first-time buyers, families moving from renting to owning, and retired people drawn by the Pyrenean foothills. Demand focuses on houses, which dominate the housing stock, and on the apartments of the centre and the newer developments of the south-west. The prefecture, the hospital, the Alstom plant and the proximity of Lourdes support steady rental demand.
The average price in Tarbes is 1 450 €/m² for an apartment (actual DVF transactions, notarised sales), within a range of 1 128 to 1 700 €/m² depending on the district. Property portals display asking prices, which run 10 to 20 % above the prices actually recorded.
No, but the gaps stay contained for a prefecture town. Solazur, to the south-west, shows the highest average price, at around 1 680 €/m², while the station area sits at around 1 250 €/m², which is 34 % lower. Between the two, the town centre, Marcadieu and Le Martinet range from 1 370 to 1 500 €/m².
Tarbes offers some of the most affordable prices among French prefecture towns, in a Pyrenean foothill setting at 304 metres of altitude, with the ski resorts and the valleys less than an hour away. The town concentrates the administrative and hospital jobs of the department, the Alstom plant and an international airport ten kilometres away. The station links Paris-Montparnasse and Bordeaux by high-speed TGV.
Yes, steadily. Over five years, the DVF average for apartments has gained around 12 %, going from 1 299 to 1 462 €/m², with no jolt from one year to the next. With roughly 551 apartment sales a year, the volume is the highest among prefecture towns of its size and makes the trend perfectly readable.
The town average is not enough: you need to start from the price in your own district, then adjust for the year of construction, the floor, the condition, the presence of outdoor space and the type of property. In Tarbes, the gap between houses and apartments exceeds 21 %, and the premium for newer stock in the south-west is clear. 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).