The average price per m² in Vaujours is 3 190 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 47 transactions are recorded each year.
Mood illustration of Vaujours, on the heights of the eastern Seine-Saint-Denis.
The average apartment price in Vaujours stands at 3 190 €/m², according to the DVF database, which records sales actually registered before notaries. Set at the eastern tip of the Seine-Saint-Denis, on a hillside that overlooks the Plaine de France and borders the Seine-et-Marne, Vaujours is a residential municipality with a marked low-rise detached housing character, very different from the dense towns at the heart of the department. That price level, rather above several neighbouring municipalities, reflects the predominance of the detached house and a quieter setting sought by families. Demand comes from working Paris-region households looking for a house with a garden on a more affordable budget than in the near eastern suburbs of Paris. Location, closeness to transport, the condition of the property and the size of the plot weigh clearly on value.
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 Vaujours market stands apart from most municipalities of the Seine-Saint-Denis by its residential, low-rise character. Set at the eastern tip of the department, on a hillside overlooking the Plaine de France, the municipality attracts families in search of a house with a garden, which supports prices above those of denser neighbouring towns. The relative scarcity of detached houses and a quieter setting shape steady demand.
Several factors sustain the appeal of the municipality. A residential environment, closeness to green spaces and to the RER B stations and the T4 tramway in the neighbouring municipalities are assets for buyers. Conversely, the absence of a station on its own territory and dependence on the car can weigh with some profiles. The Vaujours market thus remains driven by the detached house, with marked gaps depending on location and access to transport.
Vaujours sits at the level of neighbouring low-rise municipalities such as Livry-Gargan and Gagny, and slightly behind Aulnay-sous-Bois, its hillside detached housing supporting values above those of the denser towns of the department.
The name Vaujours comes from the Latin Vallis Jocosa, the valley of joy, recorded from the Middle Ages in the forms Vallis Jost then Vaujoi. The land, which belonged to the bishop of Paris, was given in the 12th century to the abbey of Saint-Victor. In the 17th century, Henri IV is said to have kept a hunting lodge on this territory, then covered with woods and vines.
Until the early 20th century, the place was known for its vines, its fruit growing and its fodder trade, while the former manorial castle was turned into an orphanage in the 19th century. The gypsum subsoil of the area gave rise to a major extraction industry: the quarries and plaster works of Vaujours are among the main plaster production sites of the Paris region, and are still operating today.
The municipality keeps the memory of the fort de Vaujours, a work of the fortified belt of Paris built at the end of the 19th century and long occupied by military activities. Over the course of the 20th century, Vaujours turned into a residential municipality of the outer north-eastern suburbs, dominated by low-rise detached housing, while staying apart from the densification that has marked the neighbouring towns of the Plaine de France.
Vaujours has around 8 000 inhabitants and holds an unusual position, on the boundary between the Seine-Saint-Denis and the Seine-et-Marne, on the heights that overlook the Plaine de France. Its housing stock is very largely made up of detached houses, completed by a few modest blocks of flats. Main residences form the bulk of that stock, with a high share of owner-occupiers, typical of low-rise residential municipalities. Buyers are mainly Paris-region families looking for a house with a garden, drawn by a quieter setting than the dense towns in the west of the department and by prices below those of the near eastern suburbs of Paris. The municipality remains dependent on the car and on neighbouring stations, having no railway service on its own territory.
The average apartment price in Vaujours is 3 190 €/m², according to the DVF sales actually completed before notaries. That level sits rather above several neighbouring municipalities of the Seine-Saint-Denis, because of the low-rise, residential character of the town. The average covers gaps that depend on location, closeness to transport, the condition of the property and the size of the plot.
Vaujours is a hillside municipality at the eastern tip of the department, whose housing is dominated by the detached house with a garden. That residential and quieter character, away from the post-war housing estates, explains prices often above those of denser neighbouring towns such as Sevran or Clichy-sous-Bois. Demand from families looking for a house supports values, while the municipality remains more affordable than those of the immediate eastern suburbs of Paris.
Vaujours has no station on its own territory, but relies on the neighbouring networks: the Aulnay-sous-Bois station on the RER B, the terminus of the T4 tramway at Aulnay and the Bondy station on the RER E are only a few kilometres away. The municipality nevertheless remains largely dependent on the car for daily travel, which makes closeness to the main roads and to the stations decisive for property values.
Vaujours long lived from its vines, its fruit growing and above all from gypsum extraction. The quarries and plaster works set at the foot of its hillsides are among the main plaster production sites of the Paris region, and are still in operation. That industrial activity, set apart from the residential districts, coexists with the low-rise residential character that dominates the municipality today.
The Vaujours market is aimed above all at Paris-region families looking for a house with a garden in a quieter setting than the dense towns of the department. With a reference price of 3 190 €/m² on apartments, the municipality sits among the sought-after low-rise residential areas in the east of the Seine-Saint-Denis. Houses close to transport and amenities are among the most sought-after properties.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).