Property statistics and prices
The 3rd arrondissement of Paris
Arts-et-Métiers, Enfants-Rouges, Archives and Sainte-Avoye are the four administrative districts of the 3rd arrondissement, known worldwide as the Marais (together with part of the 4th). Built from the 12th century by the Knights Templar on former marshland, it was from the 16th century that the nobility built splendid hôtels particuliers here.
Prices in the arrondissement
11 810 €/m²Median price, sales 2024-2025
449 000 €Median apartment price
-2,5 %Change 2023-2025
1,232 apartment sales in 2024 and 2025. Source: DVF, French Directorate General of Public Finances. See the map of Paris
12 420 €/m²Average price, notairesfrom 11 310 to 14 030 €/m²
-2,7 %Change over 1 year
-4,3 %Change over 5 years
Source: Notaires du Grand Paris, 31 May 2026.
Some figures
32 179inhabitants
37 yearsmedian age
26 437homes
Main residences: 72,9 %
Second homes: 17,3 %
Vacant homes: 9,8 %
1 to 2 rooms: 61,7 %
3 rooms: 19,6 %
4 rooms or more: 18,7 %
Area: 1,2 km²
The feel of the district
The Haut-Marais has swapped its garment workshops for contemporary art galleries and designer shops, without losing anything of its medieval street plan. On rue de Bretagne, the Marché des Enfants-Rouges, the oldest market in Paris, sits next to 17th-century mansions turned museums: Picasso, Carnavalet, the National Archives.
It is an arrondissement to explore on foot, from the square du Temple to the lanes of Sainte-Avoye, where neighbourhood life remains strong despite the crowds. Old buildings dominate by far, with modest surfaces, fine ceiling heights and many buildings without a lift.
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