The average price per m² in Villennes-sur-Seine is 4 162 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. For a house or villa, it is 5 741 €/m². About 23 transactions are recorded each year.
Mood illustration of Villennes-sur-Seine, a residential municipality of the Yvelines set in a loop of the Seine, between riverbanks, island and wooded hillsides.
The average price recorded in Villennes-sur-Seine stands at 4 162 €/m². That average covers a mixed stock, where detached houses remain in the majority but where apartments account for roughly a third of dwellings, spread between the village, the hillsides, the area around the station and the banks of the Seine. The gaps around this average owe mainly to the type of property, the floor area, the plot, the condition and the immediate closeness of the Seine or of the station. The period residences and the houses with a view over the river drive the top of the market, while the apartments of the more recent developments widen the offer towards more accessible budgets. These figures come from the DVF database, which records sales actually registered before notaries, and give a municipal benchmark, to be refined property by property.
House : 5 741 €/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 Villennes-sur-Seine market rests on its status as a residential municipality of the western Paris region, in a loop of the Seine some thirty kilometres from Paris. The service from the station, on the Transilien line towards Paris-Saint-Lazare, supports demand from families and working people looking for a riverside setting without moving further from the capital. The landscape of riverbanks, island and wooded hillsides, along with the early heritage of the municipality, adds to its appeal for buyers sensitive to their surroundings. Demand bears both on houses, the core of the stock, and on the apartments of the developments near the station and the Seine.
Supply remains constrained by the already built-up character of the municipality, where available land is limited and the contribution of new construction modest. On the resale market, the energy performance of houses and the condition of properties have become negotiating criteria, in particular for the detached houses of past decades. Buyers weigh closeness to the station, the view over or access to the Seine and the size of the plot according to their project. The notable share of apartments opens the market to more varied budgets than in the purely low-rise municipalities of the loop.
Set in a loop of the Seine, Villennes-sur-Seine shows a price level above that of Poissy and Verneuil-sur-Seine, in the same valley, but clearly below that of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, its more highly rated neighbour.
Villennes-sur-Seine appears as a parish in 1007 under the Latin form Villena, from the late Latin villana, the land held by a peasant. The name then passes through the forms Villaines in 1793 and Vilaine in 1811, before taking its present name, Villennes-sur-Seine, in 1901. The church of Saint-Nicolas, whose construction begins in the 11th century and is completed in the 12th century on the initiative of the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, keeps the memory of that early core. Partly destroyed during the Hundred Years' War, it was fully restored from 1717 onwards. The château de Villennes, a first building of which was put up around 1500 by Henri Perdrier then reworked over the following centuries, completes this seigneurial heritage; in 1869, its formal French garden was turned into an English-style park for a Parisian banker.
The 19th century brought the municipality closer to Paris with the railway. The Paris-Saint-Lazare to Le Havre line was opened in May 1843, the first stops at Villennes date from 1844, a first station opened in 1880, replaced by the present station in 1911 and modernised in 2001. That service went with the development of residential estates from 1879 onwards. The river also became a place of leisure: boating, fishing and bathing drew Parisians, the île de Villennes was built up from 1912 and the île du Platais took in holidaymakers in bungalows from 1927. From a farming village facing the Seine, the municipality gradually turned into a place of holiday retreat and then of year-round residence.
In the 20th century, Villennes-sur-Seine followed the peri-urban growth of the western Paris region, with the spread of low-rise detached housing over the hillsides and the gradual densification around the station and the riverside. In 1968, during the reorganisation of the former department of Seine-et-Oise, the municipality was attached to the new department of the Yvelines. Its territory keeps the mark of the Seine, of its island and of its wooded hillsides, which still shape today the setting and the residential geography of the municipality.
Villennes-sur-Seine has 5 952 inhabitants according to INSEE, the French national statistics institute. The housing stock is more mixed than in many municipalities of the outer suburbs of Paris: according to INSEE, houses account for about two thirds of dwellings and apartments for close to a third, carried by a few developments near the station and the riverside. Main residences make up the bulk of the stock, around 85 %, and the share of second homes remains real but in the minority, a legacy of the municipality's former role as a holiday retreat. That profile draws mainly families and working households looking for a riverside setting within reasonable distance of Paris, thanks to the station served by the Transilien towards Paris-Saint-Lazare. House buyers target the detached houses of the hillsides and the residences near the river, while apartments suit first-time buyers and households with more measured budgets.
The average price recorded in Villennes-sur-Seine stands at 4 162 €/m², based on sales registered before notaries and published in the DVF database. That figure aggregates varied properties, houses as well as apartments. The type of property, the floor area, the condition, the plot, the energy performance, the view over the Seine and the location explain most of the gaps around this average. For a reliable valuation, it is better to rely on sales of comparable properties than on the municipal average alone.
Villennes-sur-Seine has its own station, on the historic Paris-Saint-Lazare to Le Havre line, served by the Transilien towards Paris-Saint-Lazare. That direct rail link puts the municipality, some thirty kilometres west of Paris, within reach of people working in the capital. The municipality is also connected to the neighbouring towns of the Seine loop and to the road routes of the Yvelines. This service is one of the elements that weigh on the residential appeal of Villennes-sur-Seine.
The municipality sits in a loop of the Seine, with riverbanks, an island and wooded hillsides that shape its landscape. The river, long a place of boating and holiday retreat, today offers a setting for walks and surroundings sought after by residents. The early heritage, around the church of Saint-Nicolas of the 11th and 12th centuries and the château de Villennes, completes the picture. This closeness to water and nature adds to the residential appeal of the municipality, in particular for properties near the banks.
The Villennes-sur-Seine market is more balanced than in many municipalities of the outer suburbs of Paris: according to INSEE, houses dominate, but apartments account for close to a third of dwellings. Buying a house matches the traditional profile of the municipality, with a plot and sometimes a view over the Seine. The apartments, concentrated in a few developments near the station and the river, suit first-time buyers and more measured budgets. Your choice will depend above all on your budget and on your need for outdoor space.
Villennes-sur-Seine is organised around its old village, near the church and the château, then spreads into low-rise housing estates over the hillsides. The area around the station gathers a share of the apartments and houses of the municipality, while the banks of the Seine and the île de Villennes offer sought-after addresses, close to the water. Each sector has its own features of built form, view and surroundings, to be looked at closely according to your project.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).