On the balcony of the Trient valley above Martigny, Salvan combines mountain villages with the resort of Les Marécottes.
Flats in Salvan trade around CHF 4,800 per m², under the cantonal level. Cheaper communes tend to have wider spreads between streets, so a single average tells you less here than it would in a tighter market. A gap of 13 percent against Valais means the same budget buys noticeably more surface here. It also means resale leans on demand spilling over from the pricier communes next door, which comes and goes with the cycle.
Position 51 of 67 in Valais puts Salvan 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. Houses carry a premium of 21 percent per square metre over flats in Salvan, CHF 5,800 against CHF 4,800. Households buying a house here are mostly trading up from a flat nearby, so demand holds even when volumes drop.
Flat prices in Salvan are up 3.9 percent over twelve months. One year is a short window: measure it against the longer trajectory before you read it as a change of direction. The district test is the harder one. Salvan comes out 6 percent from the Saint-Maurice median, measured against communes competing for the same buyers rather than against a whole canton with several markets in it. No single period defines Salvan, though after 2015 leads with 17 percent. That mix works in a buyer's favour, since you can choose between period character and low running costs without leaving the commune.
The average home in Salvan has 3.6 rooms for 92 m². That ratio describes the shape of local demand better than the price does: many small rooms point to family housing, fewer and larger ones to conversions and new build. Half the flats sold in Salvan went above CHF 4,800 per m² and half below, which puts the commune 13 percent from the Valais 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 3,700 to CHF 8,300 per m², a change of +124 percent. That is the market, not your property: a flat renovated in the meantime followed a different curve entirely. Salvan 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. Lower prices in Salvan do not make a valuation easier. The spread between properties is often wider here than in an expensive commune, which makes the commune average a weak guide to what yours is worth.
Building stock data: Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings, FSO, updated August 3, 2026
Market data updated on August 24, 2026
A range set against the price levels of your commune and the profile of your property.
Value my property →The median flat in Salvan is priced at CHF 4,800 per m². That puts the commune 13 percent from the Valais 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.
Houses in Salvan are valued around CHF 5,800 per m² of living space. The plot weighs heavily on that figure, so two houses of identical size can be far apart in price if one has land around it and the other has none.
The dominant band in Salvan is after 2015, which covers 17 percent of homes. Average size runs to 3.6 rooms, so the commune is built mainly for households rather than for single occupants or short stays.