The average price per m² in Vedène is 2 354 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 21 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Vedène, in the plain of the Comtat Venaissin.
In Vedène, the average price stands at 2 354 €/m². This municipality of the Grand Avignon area, between the city of the popes and Carpentras, shows a stock largely made of detached houses, which are in a strong majority. The average covers differences between the old village perched around the castle, the estates built in the 1970s and 1980s, and the more recent areas close to the business parks. This figure comes from DVF data, which records transactions actually registered before notaries, not asking prices in listings. It gives a market benchmark, not the exact value of your own dwelling.
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 Vedène market is carried by the suburban momentum of Avignon. Population growth, continuous since the 1960s, reflects the appeal of a municipality that offers houses at a more contained price than the central city, while staying close to the jobs of the conurbation and the retail parks. The presence of economic and logistics activity on its territory supports local employment. That combination sustains steady demand from families, particularly for medium-sized houses, the segment most represented in the stock.
The price position, among the most accessible in the inner ring around Avignon, is an argument for first-time buyers, but also exposes the market to the economic climate and the cost of credit, decisive for that clientele. The pace of sales therefore depends largely on financing conditions. The relative scarcity of apartments limits the rental segment, while buildable land shrinks as development advances. For a seller, the location, the condition of the property and the quality of the plot weigh more on the final price than the municipal average.
Vedène sits in the middle of the ring around Avignon: above the most working-class municipalities of the area, but behind the best-rated towns on the bank of the Rhône. Its neighbours make that position clear.
Vedène stretches across the plain of the Comtat Venaissin, between Avignon and Carpentras, on a territory inhabited since antiquity. Its name may derive from the Latin Vetus Dana, the old lady, an allusion to the age of the site. The first inhabitants gathered from antiquity near the Gromelles quarter, a presence attested at least until the twelfth century. From the eleventh century, at the time of the Norman invasions, the population gradually moved towards the castle for protection. That movement fixed the village core on the height, an urban form the old centre still keeps.
The historic centre remains dominated by the château des Seigneurs, whose existence is attested as early as the twelfth century. Now privately owned, it has kept two of its original towers and traces of medieval fortifications. In the nineteenth century, the local economy relied on working the soil: the hills of Sainte-Anne, La Pélado and Piécaud, along with the Flory quarter, hosted lime kilns, tile works and brickworks that employed many workers. The municipality then also lived from the vine and from growing madder, a plant used for dyeing.
The second half of the twentieth century deeply transformed Vedène. From 2 091 inhabitants in 1962, the municipality now exceeds 11 000, carried by the suburban growth of Avignon. Housing estates were mostly built between 1971 and 1990, giving the town its residential face. Crossed by the Sorgue, which splits into the canal de Vaucluse and the Griffon, Vedène joined the Grand Avignon conurbation and saw business and retail parks set up, including a large furniture store opened in 2010. The church of Saint-Thomas, listed since 1984, bears witness amid that growth to the old roots of the village.
Vedène has 11 974 inhabitants according to INSEE, the French national statistics office, a population growing strongly since the 1960s under the effect of the suburban spread of Avignon. The housing stock is overwhelmingly made of detached houses, more than three quarters of the dwellings, the supply of apartments remaining limited. Owner-occupiers account for nearly two thirds of households, against about a third of tenants. Buyers are mainly families of the Avignon area looking for a house at a contained price, along with households working in the nearby business and retail parks. That residential and family profile supports steady demand for three- to five-room houses.
The average price recorded in Vedène is 2 354 €/m², based on DVF data from sales registered before notaries. That average covers gaps depending on the area and the type of property: a house in the old village, a bungalow on a 1980s estate and a recent apartment are not at the same level. It is a benchmark, to be refined according to the precise features of the dwelling.
Yes. Vedène lies about seven kilometres from Avignon and is part of the Grand Avignon conurbation. It is linked to the city of the popes by road and benefits from the closeness of Avignon station, whose high-speed services bring Paris, Lyon and Marseille nearer. That position, between Avignon and Carpentras, combines access to the jobs of the conurbation with a more residential setting, one of the strengths buyers appreciate.
Yes. More than three quarters of the dwellings are detached houses, according to INSEE, most built between the 1970s and the 1990s during the suburban boom. The supply of apartments is markedly smaller. Demand therefore focuses mainly on family houses with a garden, the core of the local market. Apartments, fewer in number, offer an accessible entry level, suited to small budgets or a first purchase.
The municipality combines an old village perched around the castle, extensive housing estates dating mostly from the 1970s to the 1990s, and more recent areas close to the business and retail parks. The hills of Sainte-Anne and the banks of the Sorgue offer different settings. Closeness to amenities, quietness and the size of the plot are the criteria that make prices vary from one district to another.
As everywhere, the buyer must plan for the taxe foncière, the local property tax whose rate is voted by the municipality and the Grand Avignon authority. A second home would also be subject to the housing tax on that type of property, but the case is rare in Vedène, where almost all dwellings are main residences. The amount depends on the rateable value: it is prudent to check it with the town hall before committing.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).