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Renovation in Mèze
In 2025, 10% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 10%
Homes authorised in Mèze: 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 | 99 | 11 | 110 |
| 2024 | 42 | 14 | 56 |
| 2023 | 82 | 7 | 89 |
| 2022 | 19 | 8 | 27 |
| 2021 | 25 | 11 | 36 |
| 2020 | 40 | 5 | 45 |
| 2019 | 96 | 7 | 103 |
| 2018 | 49 | 1 | 50 |
| 2017 | 226 | 2 | 228 |
| 2016 | 62 | 1 | 63 |
| 2015 | 165 | 2 | 167 |
| 2014 | 146 | 2 | 148 |
| 2013 | 193 | 5 | 198 |
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 €323,910. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,261 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 31%
- Payment, one income
- 63%
Owning and renting a 90 m² apartment cost about the same each month. 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
- €1,148
- Owning per month
- €1,162
Figures for Hérault: Mèze 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 fell by 42 while 20 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 20
- Population change, 2022
- −42
5.0% of the 7,531 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 5.0%
- Empty homes
- 373
Public bodies signed €596.5K of housing works here in 2025, and €596.5K since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €596.5K
- Per resident, 2025
- €47