The average price per m² in Yvetot is 2 197 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 67 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Yvetot, capital of the Caux country, in Seine-Maritime.
The average price of apartments in Yvetot stands at 2 197 €/m², based on DVF transactions actually registered with notaries. This average covers a contrasted stock: town houses and apartment buildings around the town centre and the Saint-Pierre church, estate homes from the 20th-century residential extensions, Caux farmhouses converted on the outskirts and more recent developments near the station. Floor area, the condition of a property, energy performance, the presence of a garden and closeness to the centre and the station make values vary sharply. The central town of a living area on the Caux plateau, halfway between Rouen and Le Havre, Yvetot combines main-residence demand driven by working households with a supply of detached houses characteristic of the mid-sized municipalities of Seine-Maritime.
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 Yvetot market shows the profile of a mid-sized town of Seine-Maritime: steady transaction volumes, driven by main residences and an active employment area more than by holiday demand. The central town of the Caux plateau, it captures local demand from households looking for a house with a garden or a home close to services and the station, at price levels below those of the large conurbations of the department. The stock combines town houses, estate homes and former Caux farmhouses, which sustains a varied supply in continuous turnover.
Several factors support this price level. The position of Yvetot between Rouen and Le Havre, the rail links towards those two cities and Paris, and its role as a retail and service centre for a wide living area sustain solid residential demand. Conversely, distance from the sea and the absence of marked tourist appeal limit speculation and keep values more affordable than on the coast or in the heart of the Norman metropolitan areas. The market therefore stays anchored to the incomes of local households.
Yvetot sits below Rouen, the prefecture, and Le Havre, the two large cities that frame it to the east and the west. It also remains a notch below Dieppe, on the coast, while offering more affordable levels than those urban centres of the department.
The name of Yvetot appears for the first time in a deed of gift by Richard II, duke of Normandy, in 1021, in favour of the monks of the abbey of Saint-Wandrille. The territory then held an unusual status: detached from any bond of homage, it formed a principality whose lords long bore the title of prince of Yvetot. That principality lasted until the Revolution, before the municipal body rallied to the abolition of privileges on the night of 4 August 1789.
The capital of the Caux country, Yvetot grew at the heart of the Caux plateau, on the main roads linking Rouen to the Seine valley and the coast. In the 18th century, its large population fed textile activities, then a printing industry that lastingly shaped the local economy. Over time the town established itself as a centre of retail, services and employment for a wide living area in northern Seine-Maritime.
The Saint-Pierre church is one of the landmarks of the town. The 18th-century building was destroyed by the bombing of June 1940; its reconstruction, begun in 1949 and completed in 1956 to plans by the architect Yves Marchand, adopts a circular nave some forty metres across and a separate bell tower. It is best known for its set of contemporary stained glass by the master glassmaker Max Ingrand, which covers more than a thousand square metres and ranks among the largest in Europe, devoted to Christ, to Saint Peter and to the Norman saints.
Yvetot has 11 438 inhabitants according to the population data used for the municipality. The central town of the Caux plateau, in the arrondissement of Rouen, it acts as a centre of services, retail and employment for a living area that reaches well beyond its municipal boundaries. Its property market is geared first of all to the main residence: families and working households looking for a house with a garden, first-time buyers, and households employed in Rouen, Le Havre or the Seine valley drawn by prices more moderate than in the large towns of the department. The station, on the Le Havre to Paris line, adds to the appeal of the town for mobile working households, and supports demand for homes close to the centre and to amenities.
The average price of apartments in Yvetot is 2 197 €/m², based on DVF transactions actually completed before notaries. This average covers differences by floor area, by the condition of a property, by energy performance, by the presence of outdoor space and by closeness to the town centre and the station. A renovated home close to the centre and an older property in need of refurbishment do not trade at the same level.
The value of a property depends first of all on its nature and its location. The town centre, around the Saint-Pierre church and the shops, and the residential estate districts form distinct segments. Closeness to the station, access to schools and services, plot size and the condition of a home all weigh on levels. Caux farmhouses and large houses on the outskirts belong to a market of their own.
Yvetot lies on the Caux plateau, halfway between Rouen and Le Havre. Its station, on the Le Havre to Paris line, is one of the busiest in Seine-Maritime and puts the town within train reach of both Norman metropolitan areas and of the capital. By car, the municipality is linked to the A29 motorway and to the main roads of the department. The Seine valley and the coast are close by.
Yes. Unlike coastal or tourist municipalities, Yvetot is above all a town of main residences, where people buy to live all year round. Demand comes from families, first-time buyers and working households employed in the local employment area or in the neighbouring metropolitan areas. This structure supports a steady market, less sensitive to seasonality than that of the seaside resorts of the department.
The market is marked by the detached house, very present in a mid-sized town of the Caux country. The reference price of 2 197 €/m² relates to apartments, more concentrated in the centre and in small apartment buildings. Houses, from the estate home to the converted Caux farmhouse, are aimed at families and are valued according to floor area, plot and condition. The choice depends above all on budget and on life plans.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).