The average price per m² in Valleiry is 4 441 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 53 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Valleiry, in the plain of the Geneva area at the foot of the Vuache.
In Valleiry, the average price of an apartment stands at 4 441 €/m². This high level is explained by the border position of the municipality, in the plain of the Geneva area, a few kilometres from Switzerland and from the Geneva conurbation. Demand from cross-border workers, whose incomes are often denominated in Swiss francs, pulls prices upwards despite a village setting. The stock is recent, largely built since the 1990s. These figures come from DVF data, which records transactions actually registered with notaries. They offer a benchmark to be adjusted for the location, condition and floor area of your property.
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 Valleiry market is closely tied to the Geneva economy. The continued rise of cross-border employment feeds strong demand for homes on the French side of the Geneva area, where Valleiry offers a village alternative to the denser border towns. The Swiss-franc incomes of some buyers strengthen their buying power and keep prices high for the size of the municipality. The scarcity of building land, in an area under strong pressure, sharpens further this tension between limited supply and steady demand.
The rail service and the closeness of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois and Geneva remain long-term drivers. New small apartment developments are gradually changing a supply long dominated by the detached house, and widening access for first-time buyers. For an owner, this unusual border context justifies a valuation based on actual local transactions, because general averages hide differences linked to closeness to the station, to age and to the quality of a property. Following the market closely remains useful before any decision to sell or buy.
Valleiry shows high prices, in line with the Geneva border market, a little below Saint-Julien-en-Genevois and Annecy but above a denser town such as Annemasse.
Valleiry has existed as a municipality only since 1771, created by an edict of Charles Emmanuel III, king of Piedmont-Sardinia, at a time when Savoy did not yet belong to France. Before that date, the place was only a modest village with no notable history, whose land belonged in large part to the chapter of Saint-Pierre cathedral in Geneva. Set in the plain of the Geneva area, at the foot of the Vuache massif that rises a little above 1 100 metres to the south, the municipality covers a territory of around seven square kilometres, bordered by Switzerland. That Geneva closeness lastingly shaped its fate.
The turning point for Valleiry was the railway. In 1880, the building of the PLM line between Bellegarde and Évian gave the town a station right in the heart of the village. This service turned a rural place into a small centre of trade and craft, and started its growth. The railway linked Valleiry to the neighbouring employment areas and to Geneva, and set the framework around which the municipality developed. The station remains an asset today, with regional services towards Annemasse, Geneva and the Alpine corridor, valued by people who work on the other side of the border.
The second half of the twentieth century and the 2000s changed the scale. Driven by the rise of the Geneva conurbation and by cross-border work, the population of Valleiry has more than doubled in a few decades, going from around two thousand two hundred inhabitants in the late 1990s to 5 264 today. That growth took the form of many estate schemes and small apartment developments, which give the municipality its recent look. Long a farming village of the plain, Valleiry has become a residential municipality of the French side of the Geneva area, while keeping a plain setting backing onto the Vuache.
Valleiry has 5 264 inhabitants, according to INSEE, the French national statistics institute, after rapid population growth driven by cross-border work. The housing stock is dominated by main residences and by a large share of detached houses, complemented by more recent small apartment buildings. Buyers are in large part cross-border workers, with incomes often in Swiss francs, along with families looking for a village setting within reasonable distance of Geneva and Saint-Julien-en-Genevois. This solvent clientele and the scarcity of building land in a border area support high prices for a municipality of this size. Rental demand also exists, fed by mobile working households.
In Valleiry, the average price of an apartment stands at 4 441 €/m², according to DVF data drawn from notarised transactions. This level, high for a municipality the size of Valleiry, reflects the pressure of the Geneva border market. Prices vary with the age of a property, its closeness to the station and its location within the municipality. An online valuation lets you refine that benchmark for your own home.
Valleiry lies on the French side of the Geneva area, a few kilometres from Switzerland and from the Geneva conurbation. A large share of residents work on the other side of the border, with incomes in Swiss francs that strengthen their buying power. That demand, combined with limited building land, pulls prices upwards, to levels unusual for a plain village of this size.
Valleiry has a station in the heart of the village, served by regional trains towards Annemasse, Geneva and the Alpine corridor. The municipality is close to Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, the main gateway towards Geneva, and linked to the A40 motorway by the roads of the Geneva area. This accessibility, by rail as by road, partly explains the appeal of the municipality for cross-border working households.
The Valleiry stock is still marked by the detached house, a legacy of its past as a plain village and of the recent estates. More recent developments have nonetheless added small apartment buildings, which answer demand from cross-border working households and first-time buyers. The choice between house and apartment depends on budget, often constrained by the high price level, and on individual needs. A targeted valuation helps place the value of a specific property.
Valleiry is a plain municipality of the Geneva area, backing onto the wooded Vuache massif that rises a little above 1 100 metres. It is not a mountain municipality, but a residential village surrounded by countryside, immediately next to the Swiss border. The presence of the station, the shops and the village amenities, added to the quiet of the plain, makes it a setting appreciated by cross-border families.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).