Charleville-Mézières · report
Renovation in Charleville-Mézières
In 2025, 6% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 6%
Homes authorised in Charleville-Mézières: new buildings and existing ones
Dwellings authorised each year, by the year the permit was granted: in new buildings, and by works on existing buildings (conversions, extensions, changes of use). SDES Sitadel.
- Existing buildings
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Existing buildings | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 218 | 13 | 231 |
| 2024 | 7 | 59 | 66 |
| 2023 | 119 | 90 | 209 |
| 2022 | 65 | 82 | 147 |
| 2021 | 51 | 113 | 164 |
| 2020 | 56 | 37 | 93 |
| 2019 | 177 | 77 | 254 |
| 2018 | 63 | 10 | 73 |
| 2017 | 45 | 28 | 73 |
| 2016 | 140 | 8 | 148 |
| 2015 | 96 | 63 | 159 |
| 2014 | 56 | 15 | 71 |
| 2013 | 185 | 43 | 228 |
Only permits that create dwellings are listed, so renovation that adds no home (refurbishing, insulating, re-roofing) is not counted. A permit is permission to build, not a finished home. The current year is left out until it is complete.
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At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €130,320. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €507 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 15%
- Payment, one income
- 30%
Owning a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at apartments' median sale price; rent is the asking rent. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- €862
- Owning per month
- €437
Figures for Ardennes: Charleville-Mézières has no reliable figures of its own.
30.6% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 805
In 2022 the population fell by 74 while 86 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 86
- Population change, 2022
- −74
12.6% of the 26,647 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 12.6%
- Empty homes
- 3,368