The Archives district recorded 514 apartment sales from January 2023 to June 2026. What these sales reveal about the district, and what only a visit to your apartment can establish.
From January 2023 to June 2026, the median price of an apartment sold in the Archives district stands at €12,830/m², across 514 sales recorded in DVF. Half of the sales fall between €11,080/m² and €15,324/m².
In the first half of 2026 alone, the district recorded 76 sales: enough for an overall median (€11,974/m²), too few to break it down by type. The figures on this page therefore cover January 2023 – June 2026.
From January 2023 to June 2026, the district's median is 7.8% above that of the 3rd arrondissement (€11,899/m²) and 30.2% above that of Paris (€9,857/m²).
A district median does not set the price of an apartment. The Archives district brings together very different buildings and streets; only an examination of the property can place it within the range.
Over the whole of 2025, the median price of an apartment sold in the Archives district was €12,698/m² (159 sales, DGFiP files).
All sales on this page come from the raw DGFiP « Demandes de valeurs foncières » files published in 2026; the files carry no sale identifier, so sales were regrouped and positioned at the plot by us. Sales from 2026 are provisional (file of 12 October 2026): later releases will add sales to this half-year.
In the Archives quarter, you sometimes have to look up, but above all you have to look at the doors. Behind some rather discreet façades lie cobbled courtyards, old staircases and hôtels particuliers that tell of another era. The Musée Picasso, housed in the Hôtel Salé, is the most spectacular example. Rue des Archives and rue des Francs-Bourgeois give the area a commercial energy, while the side streets offer much calmer moments.
People also come here to wander. Rue de Bretagne is not far, art galleries punctuate the walks, and the cafés of the Marais readily invite you to stop. The Café de la Perle, on rue de la Perle, is one of those places whose terrace is part of the neighbourhood's atmosphere. A little further on, the streets around the Musée Carnavalet offer another way of exploring the Marais, between the history of Paris and contemporary life.
For METROREALTY, the point to watch is often behind the façade: the layout of the rooms, the light in the courtyards, the condition of the common areas, any heritage constraints. A beautiful old building does not necessarily mean a bright apartment, or one that is easy to arrange. Conversely, some discreet addresses hold excellent surprises. Here, we always prefer to take the time to look at what cannot be seen from the street.
Source: DVF (DGFiP), raw files · apartment sales located within the Archives district · METROREALTY calculation using the rules of data.metrorealty.fr
| Year | Median price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | €13,547/m² | 151 |
| 2022 | €13,250/m² | 153 |
| 2023 | €13,604/m² | 138 |
| 2024 | €12,447/m² | 141 |
| 2025 | €12,698/m² | 159 |
Annual median price per m² of DVF apartment sales, the Archives district. The number of sales each year is shown below the axis; for a single district, each annual point should be read with caution.
The Archives page on data.metrorealty.fr shows the median over five years (2021-2025), computed on the geolocated version of the same sales; on the raw DGFiP files it is €13,174/m² (742 sales), higher because it includes 2021 and 2022, when prices were higher. Same district, same calculation rules; the period and the file version differ. Our page on the 3rd arrondissement market also covers its neighbourhoods and everyday life.
| Type | Median price | P25 – P75 | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio (1 room) | €12,243/m² | 11,073 – 14,920 | 129 |
| 2 rooms | €12,879/m² | 11,127 – 14,454 | 147 |
| 3 rooms | €12,857/m² | 10,947 – 15,629 | 112 |
| Family (4 rooms or more) | €13,594/m² | 11,693 – 16,375 | 96 |
Sales of a single apartment, over three years; raw gaps, which mix floor, condition and address.
Prices street by street and address by address are published on data.metrorealty.fr. The statistics on this page cover the geographic boundary of the district; the list of streets follows the assignment used by data.metrorealty.fr.
Streets assigned to the district by data.metrorealty.fr (survey of 8 October 2026).
The district and those bordering it, from January 2023 to June 2026. Each name links to its valuation page.
| Area | Median price | P25 – P75 | Sales | Gap to Paris |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archives | €12,830/m² | 11,080 – 15,324 | 514 | +30.2% |
| Enfants-Rouges | €12,238/m² | 10,667 – 13,951 | 642 | +24.2% |
| Sainte-Avoie | €11,676/m² | 10,165 – 13,339 | 448 | +18.5% |
| Saint-Gervais | €12,844/m² | 11,020 – 14,750 | 561 | +30.3% |
| Arsenal | €12,723/m² | 10,746 – 14,523 | 527 | +29.1% |
| Saint-Ambroise | €10,288/m² | 9,124 – 11,473 | 1,899 | +4.4% |
| Roquette | €10,000/m² | 8,913 – 11,220 | 2,421 | +1.5% |
The other districts of the 3rd: Arts-et-Métiers, Enfants-Rouges, Sainte-Avoie. For the arrondissement as a whole: valuation in the 3rd.
DATA knows a great deal about the building and its surroundings. METROREALTY sees what databases cannot. In the Archives district, the building, the floor and the light set two apartments on the same street apart. No database records them.
The measured baseline shown on this page, the closest comparable sales, then the visit, which establishes what the data cannot see: the METROREALTY valuation method.
No sale in this neighbourhood yet: here are our sales in the 3rd.
SoldFrom January 2023 to June 2026, the median price of apartments sold in the Archives district stands at €12,830/m², across 514 sales recorded in DVF. Half of the sales fall between €11,080/m² and €15,324/m².
data.metrorealty.fr publishes the median over five years, from 2021 to 2025, computed on the geolocated version of the same sales; on the raw DGFiP files used here it is €13,174/m² across 742 sales. This page presents the period January 2023 – June 2026. The calculation rules are the same; the period and the file version differ.
From January 2023 to June 2026, the district's median is 7.8% above that of the 3rd arrondissement (€11,899/m²). This should be read alongside the spread within the district: half of the sales range from €11,080/m² to €15,324/m².
No. The median for the Archives district describes a district where very different buildings and streets sit side by side: from January 2023 to June 2026, half of the sales range from €11,080/m² to €15,324/m². Where your apartment sits within that range depends on its building, floor, condition and light, which the visit makes it possible to assess.
It is complimentary and comes with no obligation. An adviser will contact you within 2 working hours; after the visit, your written, reasoned valuation is delivered within 48 hours. It starts from the sales presented on this page and adds what only the visit can assess: condition, layout, floor, light, co-ownership.
We place your apartment among the district's sales, street by street, then value it on site.
Complimentary, no-obligation valuation. An adviser will contact you within 2 working hours; your written, reasoned valuation is delivered within 48 hours of the visit.
Real estate analysis: Rodolphe Simon and Meghan O’Reilly, founders of METROREALTY · Page reviewed on:
Data: DVF / METROREALTY DATA · Data last updated:
DVF (French tax administration, DGFiP): raw « Demandes de valeurs foncières » files, sales 2021-2025 and first half of 2026, release of 12 October 2026 (2026 figures provisional) · same calculation rules as data.metrorealty.fr.