The average price per m² in Ternay is 2 914 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 14 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Ternay, on the hillsides of the Rhône valley between Lyon and Vienne.
In Ternay, the reference price stands at 2 914 €/m² for an apartment. This level sits in the lower range of the municipalities south of the Lyon conurbation, in a hillside area where detached houses make up the vast majority of the housing stock. These figures come from DVF data, the French notarised sales database, which records transactions actually registered with notaries rather than asking prices from listings. They give an order of magnitude: each property still needs to be assessed according to its condition, its location on the heights of the village or closer to the Rhône, and its proximity to the routes towards Lyon and Vienne. With a limited number of sales each year, the Ternay market remains sensitive to the specific features of each property rather than to a uniform trend.
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 Ternay market is driven by the municipality's position on the axis between Lyon and Vienne, on the left bank of the Rhône. The proximity of the Lyon employment area and of the Givors industrial centre sustains steady demand for family houses with land, which dominate the local housing stock. The annual volume of transactions remains limited, which makes each sale sensitive to the specific features of the property, its condition, location and view over the Rhône valley, more than to a single market trend.
In the longer term, the price trajectory depends on residential pressure in the south of the Lyon conurbation and on the scarcity of building land in a hillside area. The energy performance of homes is also becoming decisive: well-insulated properties gain value, while energy-inefficient homes, more common among the older buildings of the village, sell at a discount. The momentum of the southern Lyon area and the Rhône corridor remains the underlying driver of demand in municipalities such as Ternay.
Ternay sits in the lower price range of its area: its values remain below those of Vourles and Brignais, while exceeding those of a municipality such as Feyzin.
The name Ternay is thought to come from « Ternaico », which referred to a house, and the municipality has also borne the old names Tadernaco and Trinortium, in reference to the number three in Roman times. The site occupies a rocky outcrop overlooking the Rhône valley between Lyon and Vienne, inhabited as early as the Palaeolithic and Neolithic periods. The Allobroges, a Gallic people, settled there around the third century BC, and the Romans left their mark, notably mosaics uncovered on rue de la Sarazinière.
From the tenth century, Benedictine monks settled on the site, and the abbey of Cluny obtained the provostship of Ternay in 1144. The village developed around a priory dedicated to Saint Mayeul, and the Saint-Mayeul church, built in 1061, remains today a testament to local Romanesque architecture, with masonry combining brick and stone. In the fourteenth century, ramparts were built around the village, amid tensions between the Dauphiné and Savoy.
Around 1527, the château de La Porte was built for a family of Lyon printers; restored, it now houses a cultural centre and holds a Gallo-Roman sarcophagus from the second century. Ternay's economy long remained focused on wine growing, which prospered until the phylloxera crisis of 1875, before the arrival of the railway, between 1846 and 1900, accompanied gradual industrialisation linked to the nearby Givors industrial area.
According to INSEE, the French statistics institute, Ternay has 5 596 inhabitants, a population that has more than quintupled since the Liberation as a result of the appeal of the southern Lyon area. The market mainly serves working households employed in the Lyon conurbation or in the neighbouring industrial area of Givors and Vienne, looking for a hillside setting close to the Rhône. The housing stock remains dominated by detached houses, complemented by a more limited supply of apartments in the village. The proximity of Lyon and Vienne, combined with road and rail links, sustains steady demand in this municipality south of the metropolitan area.
The reference price in Ternay stands at 2 914 €/m² for an apartment. This figure comes from DVF data, the sales actually signed before notaries. It is an average: depending on floor area, condition and location, a house on the heights of the village or an older apartment may differ appreciably from this baseline.
The historic village, perched on its rocky outcrop around the Saint-Mayeul church, concentrates the older buildings and local shops. The heights and the more recent residential neighbourhoods offer houses with gardens, sought after by families. Areas close to the routes towards Lyon and Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon remain among the most in demand on the local market.
Ternay lies on the left bank of the Rhône, between Lyon and Vienne, south of the Lyon metropolitan area. The municipality benefits from road and rail links to these two centres, as well as the proximity of Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon. This position explains the appeal of the municipality to working people employed in the Lyon conurbation or in the Vienne and Givors area.
The local market is above all a market of detached houses, inherited from the wine-growing and rural history of the municipality. The supply of apartments remains a minority, concentrated in the village and a few more recent developments. For a buyer, the house with land is the dominant product, while an apartment is better suited to a first purchase or a limited budget.
The hillside terrain and the perched site of the historic village restrict where building is allowed on some plots. The proximity of industrial infrastructure in the Rhône corridor, towards Givors, may also influence the choice of area. Before any project, it is worth consulting the local urban plan at the town hall to check whether building is allowed and which rules apply to a given plot.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).