Paris 19th arrondissement · Buttes-Chaumont

Real estate in Paris 19th arrondissement

Buttes-Chaumont, Canal de l'Ourcq, La Villette: the 19th is Paris in full transformation. The most affordable prices within Paris and the best yields — an arrondissement for conviction investors. −0.3% in 2025: stabilisation after the correction, an entry window for patient investors.

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8 037 €Price /sqm Q4 2025
178 691Inhabitants
10 440 €Top 10% (premium)
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Buttes-Chaumont & Canal de l'Ourcq

The Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, one of the most beautiful in Paris, is the heart of life in the 19th arrondissement. The Canal de l'Ourcq is following the path of the Canal Saint-Martin 15 years ago: a transformation in progress that creates real opportunities.

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Best yield in Paris

With the most affordable prices within Paris (€7.560/sqm in 2025) and strong rental demand, the 19th offers the best gross yield of any Parisian arrondissement. A conviction market for patient and discerning investors.

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Liquidité internationale

The 19th arrondissement of Paris posts an average price of €7,560/sqm at the end of 2025, with annual growth of −0.3%. Average time to sell: 65 days.

Real estate market

Le 19th en chiffres

An ultra-exclusive market, structurally constrained and sustained by permanent international demand.

8 037 €/sqm
Median price 2025 (DVF)
10 440 €/sqm
Top 10% (premium)
−0,3 %
Evolution 2024 → 2025

Sources : Paris Notaires Services / Base BIEN (prix sqm T4 2025) · DRIHL 2025 (loyer encadré) · DVF DGFIP 2025 (volumes transactions)

Historical evolution

Prix au sqm since 1996

T1 1996 1 890 €
T4 2025 7 590 €
Sur 30 ans ×4,0

Indice Notaires-INSEE — moyenne trimestrielle standardisée appartements anciens · 120 trimestres · 1996-2025.

The 19th arrondissement posts a median price of €8,037/sqm in 2025 (DVF, DGFIP), ranging from 5,762 to €10,440/sqm across 1,536 transactions.

With an average price of €7,560/sqm, the 19th arrondissement has a clearly defined market profile. Buyers find a specific combination of heritage, quality of life and accessibility.

Energy performance

Dwellings DPE
du 19th arrondissement

56 594 energy diagnostics issued for apartments since July 2021. La classe DPE weighted average s'établit à D.

56 594
DPE issued
since July 2021
D
Average class
weighted average
72 %
Above E
40 513 dwellings (A to D)
11 %
Below E
6 199 dwellings (F-G)
DPE class distribution — apartments ADEME scale : from cold (A) to hot (G)
A0.2 % B3.1 % C37.1 % D31.1 % E17.5 % F6.1 % G4.8 %
← Low consumption High consumption / energy sieve →

Source: ADEME — DPE Dwellings existants (since July 2021) · filtre type_batiment=appartement, code_postal_ban=75019.

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History

From the Buttes
to La Villette

The 19th arrondissement, with La Villette, the Buttes-Chaumont and the Canal de l'Ourcq, is the Paris of the future and of fully-embraced diversity. Transformed since the 1980s by François Mitterrand's grand projects, it now hosts the Philharmonie de Paris, the Cité des Sciences and some of the most forward-looking cultural venues in the capital — and offers, in its village quarters and along its waterways, a quality of life that long-term residents value as a quiet privilege.

Bassin de la Villette — Paris 19th arrondissement
Quality of life

Parks, barges
and culture

Quality of life in the 19th is that of a Paris that remains accessible, generous in green space and intensely cultural. The Parc de la Villette, with its 55 hectares, its open-air summer concerts, its Grande Halle and its red Tschumi follies, is the most innovative cultural space in Paris. The Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, the most romantic of the city's parks with its cliffs, its lake and its artificial grotto, is an exceptional pocket of greenery within the dense fabric of the capital.

The Canal de l'Ourcq, with its barges turned into bars and restaurants, creates a festive atmosphere all year round. The Philharmonie de Paris, opened in 2015, has lifted the arrondissement to the rank of the great musical capitals of the world. The cultural and gastronomic diversity of the 19th makes it one of the most stimulating and most open arrondissements in Paris — and one whose residents actively defend its mixed character against any temptation of standardisation.

Cité de la Musique / Philharmonie — Paris 19th arrondissement
Did you know?

Trois anecdotes
du 19th arrondissement

— Anecdote 01

The Parc de la Villette, designed by the architect Bernard Tschumi from 1987, was the first Parisian park conceived not as a piece of artificial nature but as a cultural and social infrastructure. Its 26 red "follies", distributed on a regular grid, form a conceptual artwork that children have happily transformed into a playground.

— Anecdote 02

The Géode, with its 36-metre polished steel dome reflected in a mirror pool, is one of the most photographed architectural structures in Paris. Its design by engineer Adrien Fainsilber in 1985 posed major technical challenges: the spherical perfection of the dome required stainless steel plates cut to a precision of a few millimetres each.

— Anecdote 03

The Canal de l'Ourcq, 108 kilometres long from its sources in the Seine-et-Marne to the Bassin de la Villette, still supplies Paris with non-potable water for street washing and for the city's fountains. It remains the only navigable pleasure canal whose departure point lies inside Paris itself.

Our view
The 19th is going through a transformation that its residents experience as a quiet, well-earned pride. The Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, one of the most beautiful and most untamed parks in Paris with its cliffs, its lake and its romantic grotto, is the open-air drawing room and the green lung of the entire arrondissement. Along the Canal de l'Ourcq, the floating bars on the péniches, the artists' studios and the ambitious architectural projects testify to an urban creativity that has not finished surprising. Its residents, drawn from very different horizons, share a common love for a city that reinvents itself without losing its soul — and METROREALTY is convinced the market has not yet fully reflected that reality.
— METROREALTY · 22 ans d'expertise à Paris
Cartography

Les quatre
sous-quartiers du 19th

Each sector of the 19th has its identity, atmosphere and property typology. Click the map or cards to view their boundaries.

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La Villette Pont-de-Flandre Amérique Combat
District 01 Heritage

La Villette

Villette, around the great park and the science museum, is the most transformed and most dynamic quarter of the 19th. Well-built new developments, cultural venues of international standing and the Ourcq canal nearby draw a young and creative population. This is where the prospects for appreciation are highest in the arrondissement.

District 02 Lively

Pont-de-Flandre

Pré-Saint-Gervais, on the eastern edge of Paris beside the neighbouring towns, is the quietest and most residential quarter of the 19th. Its tree-lined streets, town houses and small buildings from the 1930s to the 1950s create an almost suburban atmosphere that families appreciate. Prices are accessible and represent good value for buyers who put calm first.

District 03 Secret

Amérique

Amérique, between Belleville and La Villette, is the most cosmopolitan and animated quarter of the 19th. Its shops from around the world, its Asian, African and North African restaurants and its constant street life make it a thrilling place to eat. Apartments in the 1970s and 1980s buildings offer good floor areas at prices that remain accessible.

District 04 Luxury

Combat

Combat, around the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont and rue de Belleville, is at once the most down-to-earth and the most gentrified quarter of the 19th. Its natural-wine restaurants, speciality coffee shops and art galleries have turned a once working-class district into a destination for food and culture, well known across the arrondissement. Prices have risen sharply since 2010, but remain within reach.

Heritage

Lieux emblématiques

Parc des Buttes-Chaumont

Jardin escarpé Napoléon III 1867, île, grotte, pont des Suicidés et belvédère.

Bassin de la Villette

Plus grand plan d'eau intra-muros, péniches, cinéma plein air l'été.

Cité de la Musique / Philharmonie

Designed by Jean Nouvel in 2015: concert halls and the museum of music.

Parc de la Villette

The largest cultural park in Paris, with the Géode, the science museum and its red follies.

Rotonde de la Villette

Barrière d'octroi Ledoux 1788, rotonde néo-classique reconvertie en restaurant.

Canal de l'Ourcq

Voie d'eau de 108 km since 1808, terrasses bobo et péniches culturelles.

Seller guide

Selling in the 19th
at the best price

Everything you need to know to sell your property successfully in the 19th arrondissement.

7 000 — 7 930 €
Fourchette typique au sqm
7 930 €
Haut du marché (Buttes-Chaumont, Bassin de la Villette)
−0,3 %
Annual evolution (Dec 2024 → Dec 2025)

Strengths that boost your property value

  • Buttes-Chaumont à pied
  • Bassin de la Villette et péniches
  • Loft d'atelier industriel
  • Métro multilignes Stalingrad/Jaurès
  • Quartier en pleine renaissance

Frictions to anticipate

  • Quartiers Stalingrad/Crimée sensibles
  • Copropriété sans rénovation lourde
  • Bruit côté périphérique
  • Charges anciennes

Best-selling properties

  • Lofts atelier Canal
  • Familiaux Buttes-Chaumont
  • Pieds-à-terre Villette
  • Plateaux modernes Rosa-Parks
7-step checklist

What to prepare before selling in the 19th

  1. An independent professional valuation: have the value confirmed by an expert who knows the building and the street.
  2. Mandatory diagnostics : DPE, amiante, plomb (immeubles avant 1949), électricité, gaz, mesurage Loi Carrez.
  3. The last 3 sets of AGM minutes for the building: transparency on approved works, service charges and disputes.
  4. The co-ownership rules and an up-to-date schedule of division.
  5. Home staging avant les visites : photos professionnelles, dépersonnalisation, mise en scène.
  6. An exclusive mandate is recommended: faster response, marketing leverage and access to our network of qualified buyers.
  7. Anticipate questions : charges mensuelles, fonds de travaux, projets de copropriété, vétusté ascenseur.
At a glance

Le 19th
en quelques traits

Buyer profiles, atmosphere and the property types in demand in the 19th arrondissement.

Ideal for

First-time buyer with limited budget Yield investor Family looking for space

Atmosphere

Multicultural Canal de l'Ourcq In transformation
Market tension: moderate

Most sought-after typologies

  • Family 3-room/4-room with generous volume
  • 2-room on the Canal de l'Ourcq
  • Student studio
Strategies & expertise METROREALTY

Investing in the 19th
with a trusted partner

Two model strategies suited to central Paris, backed by 22 years of expertise on the ground.

— Buttes-Chaumont

The green Parisian investment

The Buttes-Chaumont area is the hidden gem of the 19th. Apartments with a view of the park attract a family clientele looking for space and nature within Paris, with above-average value appreciation.

Target budget: €300,000 – €500,000
— Maximum yield

Yield-first strategy

With the lowest prices in central Paris and proportionally high rents, the 19th offers the best gross yield. It is the arrondissement of investors focused on immediate yield.

Estimated gross yield: ~3.4%
Our expertise

22 years in the 19th arrondissement

METROREALTY has been guiding the most demanding transactions for 22 years in the 19th arrondissement. Our team knows every building, every staircase, every concierge. From negotiating an apartment at Buttes-Chaumont to the sale of commercial premises at Bassin de la Villette, we defend your interests with discretion and expertise.

Our base at 18 rue Molière, 200 metres from the Palais-Royal, gives us unmatched on-the-ground knowledge of the buildings, of the legal particulars — listed buildings, easements, pre-emption rights — and of the international buyers who make this market.

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Frequently asked questions

Your questions about
le 19th arrondissement

The median price per sqm in the 19th arrondissement s'établit à 8 037 €/sqm en 2026 selon les données DVF DGFIP. La fourchette s'étend de 5 762 €/sqm (P10, entrée de gamme) à 10 440 €/sqm (P90, top 10 %), sur 1 536 transactions appartements enregistrées.

Over the past 12 months, prices changed by −0,3 % (Dec 2024 → Dec 2025). Over 5 years, the change is −15.8%, reflecting the Paris market correction after the 2020 peak. Premium areas (Buttes-Chaumont, Canal de l'Ourcq) have held up better than average.

The 19th arrondissement market recorded 1 536 transactions in 2026 according to DVF DGFIP data. This volume reflects an active market with a diverse supply for various buyer profiles.

The 2025 DRIHL reference median rent is €23.0/sqm/month. The maximum permitted rent is €35.76/sqm, the minimum €20.86/sqm. The indicative gross yield is around 3,0 %.

The areas around Buttes-Chaumont and Bassin de la Villette, as well as parc de la Villette are the most sought-after in the 19th arrondissement.

The Canal de l'Ourcq is following the same path as the Canal Saint-Martin in 2005-2010: guinguettes, bars and restaurants are gradually settling along the quays. The transformation is real but slower. Properties close to the quays already enjoy a premium of 5 to 10%.

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