Develier, just west of Delémont, is the last village in the valley before the road climbs over Les Rangiers towards Ajoie.
At CHF 4,900 per m² for a flat, Develier sits in the upper band of the Jura market. That level usually goes with scarce building land and few sales, so a valuation rests on a thin set of comparables. Paying 20 percent more than the cantonal median buys location, not floor space. The same budget moved to a neighbouring commune would typically add a room, and that is the trade most buyers here have already made. Position 4 of 49 in Jura puts Develier among communes with similar price levels and often very different housing stock. Two communes can share a rank and still value the same flat differently once age and condition are taken in.
Flat prices in Develier are up 3.5 percent over twelve months. One year is a short window, so measure it against the longer trajectory before you read it as a change of direction. The district test is the harder one. Develier comes out 9 percent from the Delémont median, measured against communes competing for the same buyers rather than against a whole canton with several markets in it.
The largest group of homes in Develier, 14 percent, dates from 1961-1970, with the rest spread across the other bands. Where stock is this varied, a commune price per m² carries less weight and the comparison has to come down to buildings of the same age. Average size in Develier is 110 m² across 4.2 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.
Half the flats sold in Develier went above CHF 4,900 per m² and half below, which puts the commune 20 percent from the Jura median. One exceptional sale barely moves a median, and that is why we use it instead of an average. Over 25 years the median moved from CHF 3,900 to CHF 6,600 per m², a change of +69 percent. That is the market, not your property. A flat renovated in the meantime followed a different curve entirely. Develier turns over enough stock to give a reliable read. The practical benefit shows at negotiation, where both sides can point to comparable sales from the same year, which shortens the distance between asking price and signature.
In Develier the difference between two flats on the same street can run into six figures. Getting your own number, rather than reading the commune median, is what makes that difference visible before you set a price.
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 →The median flat in Develier is priced at CHF 4,900 per m². That puts the commune 20 percent from the Jura median, a gap explained in part by the age of the local stock and in part by how little land is left to build on.
Count on roughly CHF 4,700 per m² for a house in Develier. That rate applies to habitable surface, which leaves out the garage, the cellar and any unconverted attic, all of which add value but never at the same rate.
14 percent of homes in Develier date from 1961-1970. That age band sets the technical agenda for a buyer here, since insulation, heating system and windows are what decide running costs for the next twenty years.