Cournonterral · report
Renovation in Cournonterral
In 2025, 4% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 4%
Homes authorised in Cournonterral: 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 | 126 | 5 | 131 |
| 2024 | 48 | 5 | 53 |
| 2023 | 41 | 5 | 46 |
| 2022 | 64 | 2 | 66 |
| 2021 | 56 | 15 | 71 |
| 2020 | 60 | 46 | 106 |
| 2019 | 109 | 4 | 113 |
| 2018 | 49 | 2 | 51 |
| 2017 | 92 | — | 92 |
| 2016 | 87 | 2 | 89 |
| 2015 | 188 | 4 | 192 |
| 2014 | 21 | 6 | 27 |
| 2013 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
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 €308,160. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,199 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 28%
- Payment, one income
- 56%
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
- €1,171
- Owning per month
- €813
Figures for Hérault: Cournonterral has no reliable figures of its own.
32.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 7,624
In 2022 the population grew by 340 while 47 homes were started: 7.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 7.2
- Population change, 2022
- +340
6.3% of the 3,312 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 6.3%
- Empty homes
- 209