One of the smallest communes in the Gruyère district, Châtel-sur-Montsalvens overlooks the Lac de Montsalvens at the mouth of the Jogne valley, on the road from Broc to Charmey.
At CHF 7,000 per m², Châtel-sur-Montsalvens sits near the middle of the Fribourg scale. Which side of that median your own flat lands on depends more on floor, view and condition than on the address itself. The premium over Fribourg has a practical effect at resale. Buyers arriving from cheaper communes negotiate hard on condition, because they are already stretched on the price per square metre before they walk in. Out of 115 communes measured in Fribourg, Châtel-sur-Montsalvens sits at position 22. The communes immediately above and below are the ones a buyer will actually compare against, far more than the cantonal average.
The last twelve months added 3.6 percent in Châtel-sur-Montsalvens. Rises of this order usually come from a shortage of listings rather than from a wave of new buyers, and they unwind faster than they build. The district test is the harder one. Châtel-sur-Montsalvens comes out 4 percent from the Gruyère median, measured against communes competing for the same buyers rather than against a whole canton with several markets in it.
No single period defines Châtel-sur-Montsalvens, though after 2015 leads with 14 percent. That mix works in a buyer's favour, since you can choose between period character and low running costs without leaving the commune. Average size in Châtel-sur-Montsalvens is 119 m² across 4.0 rooms. Compare your own property with that figure before you read any price per square metre, because an outsized home rarely sells at the local rate and a small one often beats it.
The median flat in Châtel-sur-Montsalvens comes out at CHF 7,000 per m², a gap of 11 percent against the Fribourg median. That figure covers every flat sold, whatever the floor, the age of the building or the state of the kitchen. The 25-year record opens at CHF 4,000 and closes at CHF 8,000, +100 percent apart. Use it to sanity-check an estimate rather than to project forward, since nothing in the series promises the next decade repeats it. Transaction volume in Châtel-sur-Montsalvens is high enough that one unusual sale does not distort the medians. That matters, because thin markets are where automated estimates go furthest wrong and where a local opinion earns its keep.
Knowing the median in Châtel-sur-Montsalvens gets you halfway. The second half is what separates your property from that median (condition, orientation, outside space, parking, and the works still to be done).
Building stock from the Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings (FSO), updated October 18, 2026
Market data updated on October 12, 2026
A range set against the price levels of your commune and the profile of your property.
Value my property →CHF 7,000 per m² is the current median for flats in Châtel-sur-Montsalvens. It covers every sale, new and old, so a renovated flat sits above that line and one still needing works sits below it.
The reference is CHF 7,000 per m² in Châtel-sur-Montsalvens. It averages a small number of sales, since houses change hands far less often than flats, so treat it as a bracket to work inside rather than as a price.
Homes in Châtel-sur-Montsalvens average 4.0 rooms, with after 2015 the most common construction period at 14 percent. The mix means condition varies a lot from one building to the next, and condition is what pulls two similar flats apart on price.