What is the cheapest city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in 2026?

Picherande (Puy-de-Dôme) is the cheapest place in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes to buy an apartment: the median price is just €441 per m².

What are the 10 cheapest cities in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes?

In order: Picherande (€441 per m²), Saint-Éloy-les-Mines (€460 per m²), Commentry (€512 per m²), Courpière (€581 per m²), Désertines (€596 per m²), Varennes-sur-Allier (€641 per m²), Montluçon (€651 per m²), Lapalisse (€662 per m²), Marlhes (€674 per m²), and Domérat (€697 per m²).

What is the most expensive city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes?

Val-d'Isère (Savoie) is the most expensive place in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes to buy an apartment: the median price reaches €12,755 per m². See The most expensive cities in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

How many towns in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes are ranked?

1,094 out of 4,025. Not ranked: towns with fewer than ten sales in five years.

How is the price per m² calculated?

It is the median price per square meter of the sales recorded by the French tax authorities (the DVF open data file, “Demandes de valeurs foncières”) over the last five years: half of the sales were above this price, half below. A price is published only from ten sales.

Cheapest Cities in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (2026): Apartment Prices per m²

This ranking covers 1,094 of the 4,025 towns in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Not ranked: towns with fewer than ten sales in five years. At the other end of the ranking, Val-d'Isère (Savoie) comes last with €12,755 per m².

In France, a commune is the smallest unit of local government, from large cities to tiny villages. Paris, Lyon and Marseille are ranked as whole communes: their arrondissements (districts) have no rank of their own.

The ranking: cheapest cities in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Rank	Town	Department	Median price per m²	Population
1	Picherande	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	441	333
2	Saint-Éloy-les-Mines	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	460	3,613
3	Commentry	Allier (03)	512	6,179
4	Courpière	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	581	4,285
5	Désertines	Allier (03)	596	4,345
6	Varennes-sur-Allier	Allier (03)	641	3,602
7	Montluçon	Allier (03)	651	34,107
8	Lapalisse	Allier (03)	662	3,207
9	Marlhes	Loire (42)	674	1,380
10	Domérat	Allier (03)	697	8,794
11	La Ricamarie	Loire (42)	708	8,085
12	Thiers	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	721	11,994
13	Riom-ès-Montagnes	Cantal (15)	723	2,435
14	Tenay	Ain (01)	726	1,037
15	Saint-Martin-de-Valamas	Ardèche (07)	727	1,102
16	Néris-les-Bains	Allier (03)	763	2,433
17	Régny	Loire (42)	782	1,475
18	Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon	Haute-Loire (43)	789	2,748
19	Mauriac	Cantal (15)	799	3,653
20	Lalouvesc	Ardèche (07)	816	394
21	Saint-Germain-des-Fossés	Allier (03)	818	3,629
22	Cours	Rhône (69)	819	4,401
23	Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule	Allier (03)	824	5,009
24	Puy-Guillaume	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	852	2,677
25	Meyras	Ardèche (07)	878	908
26	Retournac	Haute-Loire (43)	886	3,064
27	Vieille-Brioude	Haute-Loire (43)	889	1,267
28	Thizy-les-Bourgs	Rhône (69)	909	5,877
29	Maurs	Cantal (15)	919	2,215
30	Vernoux-en-Vivarais	Ardèche (07)	920	2,016
31	Labégude	Ardèche (07)	922	1,432
32	Murat	Cantal (15)	939	1,859
33	Poncin	Ain (01)	951	1,828
34	Lamastre	Ardèche (07)	965	2,364
35	Deux-Grosnes	Rhône (69)	968	2,001
36	Le Chambon-Feugerolles	Loire (42)	974	12,399
37 tied	Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey	Ain (01)	1,000	2,221
37 tied	Vic-sur-Cère	Cantal (15)	1,000	1,935
37 tied	Montfaucon-en-Velay	Haute-Loire (43)	1,000	1,177
40	Langeac	Haute-Loire (43)	1,008	3,585
41 tied	Firminy	Loire (42)	1,009	17,241
41 tied	La Sône	Isère (38)	1,009	642
43	Luriecq	Loire (42)	1,010	1,267
44	Le Cheylard	Ardèche (07)	1,019	2,942
45	Pont-Salomon	Haute-Loire (43)	1,026	1,918
46	Ambert	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	1,041	6,732
47	Pouilly-sous-Charlieu	Loire (42)	1,042	2,642
48	Saint-Germain-Laval	Loire (42)	1,047	1,654
49	Gannat	Allier (03)	1,052	5,794
50	La Séauve-sur-Semène	Haute-Loire (43)	1,060	1,480
51	Saint-Nectaire	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	1,061	829
52	Saint-Bonnet-le-Château	Loire (42)	1,063	1,482
53 tied	Boën-sur-Lignon	Loire (42)	1,068	3,071
53 tied	Saint-Agrève	Ardèche (07)	1,068	2,333
55	Lamure-sur-Azergues	Rhône (69)	1,082	1,106
56 tied	Bourg-Saint-Andéol	Ardèche (07)	1,083	7,828
56 tied	Murat-le-Quaire	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	1,083	501
58	Largentière	Ardèche (07)	1,088	1,512
59	Dunières	Haute-Loire (43)	1,101	2,728
60	Mably	Loire (42)	1,116	7,361
61	Annonay	Ardèche (07)	1,119	17,836
62	Nantua	Ain (01)	1,120	3,586
63	Saint-Jean-en-Royans	Drôme (26)	1,125	2,920
64	Châtillon-en-Diois	Drôme (26)	1,131	674
65	Fourneaux	Savoie (73)	1,137	708
66	Bourg-Argental	Loire (42)	1,148	2,943
67	La Valla-en-Gier	Loire (42)	1,152	1,162
68 tied	Saint-Didier-en-Velay	Haute-Loire (43)	1,157	3,577
68 tied	Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille	Haute-Loire (43)	1,157	1,819
70	La Tour-en-Maurienne	Savoie (73)	1,164	1,106
71	Saint-Vallier	Drôme (26)	1,167	4,173
72	Villars	Loire (42)	1,176	7,780
73	Cruas	Ardèche (07)	1,188	2,952
74	Montpezat-sous-Bauzon	Ardèche (07)	1,191	791
75	Billom	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	1,193	4,894
76	Pont-en-Royans	Isère (38)	1,197	829
77	Unieux	Loire (42)	1,201	8,638
78	Le Chambon-sur-Lignon	Haute-Loire (43)	1,203	2,551
79 tied	Le Teil	Ardèche (07)	1,210	8,949
79 tied	Chaudes-Aigues	Cantal (15)	1,210	826
81	Pierrelatte	Drôme (26)	1,214	14,006
82	Saint-Uze	Drôme (26)	1,216	2,162
83	L'Albenc	Isère (38)	1,218	1,288
84	Saint-Étienne	Loire (42)	1,219	174,698
85	La Chapelle-en-Vercors	Drôme (26)	1,220	847
86	Tence	Haute-Loire (43)	1,222	3,189
87	Roanne	Loire (42)	1,224	36,067
88	Villerest	Loire (42)	1,225	5,285
89	Le Coteau	Loire (42)	1,236	6,965
90	Moulins	Allier (03)	1,238	19,714
91	Boulieu-lès-Annonay	Ardèche (07)	1,241	2,303
92	Sainte-Sigolène	Haute-Loire (43)	1,244	6,209
93	Saint-Béron	Savoie (73)	1,248	1,747
94 tied	Privas	Ardèche (07)	1,259	8,786
94 tied	Plateau d'Hauteville	Ain (01)	1,259	5,012
96	Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon	Loire (42)	1,271	1,381
97	Saint-Chamond	Loire (42)	1,275	36,065
98	Rive-de-Gier	Loire (42)	1,277	15,379
99	Cusset	Allier (03)	1,282	13,822
100	Beaujeu	Rhône (69)	1,286	2,113

Source: DGFiP, Demandes de valeurs foncières (DVF), statistics published on data.gouv.fr; median price per m² of apartment sales over five years, published from ten sales. Not ranked: towns with fewer than ten sales in five years. Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

The cheapest cities in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in 2026: apartment prices per m²

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