The average price per m² in Vétraz-Monthoux is 4 165 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. For a house or villa, it is 6 431 €/m². About 78 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Vétraz-Monthoux, a residential municipality of the Annemasse conurbation, in Haute-Savoie.
In Vétraz-Monthoux, the average price of apartments comes out at 4 165 €/m², based on sales recorded in the DVF database kept by notaries. The house market sits far higher, at around 6 431 €/m², a marked gap that reflects strong demand for villas in this residential municipality of the Annemasse conurbation. The closeness of Geneva and its border, a few kilometres away, pulls prices upwards: many buyers are cross-border workers on high incomes, who look above all for a detached house with land. The stock mixes recent apartment buildings, small blocks and housing estates. Location, plot size, the condition of a property and its energy performance explain most of the differences. These figures, drawn from transactions signed before notaries, give a reliable municipal benchmark; an accurate valuation then rests on comparable sales, examined property by property.
House : 6 431 €/m²
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 Vétraz-Monthoux market is a stretched border-suburb market, driven by demand from households working in Geneva. The high incomes of cross-border workers and the scarcity of land support prices among the highest outside Paris, particularly on houses. Closeness to the border and the quality of transport links count for more, in how prices are set, than they would on a conventional provincial market.
Demand for villas far outstrips available supply, which keeps up pressure on that segment and pushes some buyers towards apartments or towards municipalities further away. For a seller, a house with land, correctly priced and presented, finds a buyer quickly. Over the medium term, the momentum of employment in Geneva remains the main driver of value, subject to how the border context develops.
Vétraz-Monthoux belongs to the stretched market of the Annemasse conurbation, at levels close to those of its immediate neighbours, all driven by the closeness of Geneva.
In the Middle Ages, Monthoux was the chief place of a mandement that covered the parishes of Haut and Bas-Monthoux, Annemasse, Cranves-Sales and Vétraz. A charter of 1142 gives the first mention of it. On that territory stood the Monthoux castle, a fortress built in the middle of the 13th century, seat of a castellany from the 13th to the 15th century.
The municipality as we know it was born in the early 19th century, from the joining of the parishes of Haut-Monthoux, Bas-Monthoux and Vétraz. Long rural, Vétraz-Monthoux was caught up by the expansion of Annemasse and of the border region of Geneva, of which it has become a fast-growing residential municipality.
Vétraz-Monthoux passes 10 000 inhabitants and belongs to the Annemasse conurbation, on the edge of Geneva. Its market is dominated by a family clientele on comfortable incomes, often cross-border workers, who look above all for a house with a garden. This strong demand and the scarcity of land keep prices high, especially on villas. First-time buyers and modest budgets struggle to keep up and often turn to apartments or to municipalities further from the border.
The average price of apartments in Vétraz-Monthoux is 4 165 €/m², based on DVF transactions actually completed before notaries. Houses sit clearly higher, at around 6 431 €/m², the sign of strong demand for villas. Location, plot size, condition and energy performance explain the differences. A reliable valuation rests on comparable sales rather than on the municipal average alone.
The municipality attracts a well-off family clientele, largely cross-border workers employed in Geneva, who favour the detached house with land. Available land is scarce in the Annemasse conurbation, which sharpens the pressure on that type of property. The combination of high incomes and limited supply carries villa prices to a level well above that of apartments.
Largely, yes. The immediate closeness of Geneva and the Swiss salaries of cross-border workers inflate demand and buying power across the whole Annemasse area. Vétraz-Monthoux, well linked to the border, benefits from this directly. The effect weighs above all on houses, the core of demand from households settling here to work on the Swiss side.
No. Despite its situation in Haute-Savoie, Vétraz-Monthoux is not a mountain resort but a residential municipality of the plain, part of the Annemasse conurbation, on the edge of Geneva. Its property market follows the logic of a border suburb, very different from that of the ski resorts of the department.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).