🏙 Property in La Plaine-des-Palmistes (97431)
La Plaine-des-Palmistes has a population of 6,936, a density of about 83 inhabitants per km². Advertised rents for flats are around €13.0/m² per month (2025). Between 2022 and 2025, advertised rents are up by 9.5%. The overall property tax rate on buildings (taxe foncière) is 50.35% in 2025, up by 2.53 points compared with 2021. La Plaine-des-Palmistes has had 9 natural disaster declarations since 1982, 8 of them for floods or mudslides. The national register lists 2 registered co-ownerships (34 units).
📰 La Plaine-des-Palmistes at a glance
Département: La Réunion (974) · Region: La Réunion
Size and profile
La Plaine-des-Palmistes has a population of 6,936: it is one of the smallest municipalities in its département, where the median is 29,760 inhabitants. With 83 inhabitants per km², it has a predominantly rural profile.
Rents and prices
At €13.0/m² per month, the advertised rent is in the bottom quarter of its département (median: €13.9/m²). Between 2022 and 2025, the advertised rent has risen by 9.5%, at the same pace as the median of the municipalities in its département (11.2%).
Incomes and taxation
The overall property tax rate (50.35%) is 3.1 points higher than the département median (47.24%).
Hazards and energy
La Plaine-des-Palmistes has had 9 natural disaster declarations since 1982, i.e. far fewer than the median of the municipalities in its département (13). They mainly concern floods and mudslides (8 declarations). A natural risk prevention plan is in force in the municipality.
Points to watch before buying or renting
- Flood risk is listed: check the risk statement for the property and, if there is one, the prevention plan attached to the local urban plan.
Summary written automatically from the figures on this page, comparing the municipality with the median of the municipalities in its département (or of France when the département has too few municipalities with data).
💶 Prices and rents: how they have changed
Advertised rent for flats (€/m²/month)
Between 2022 and 2025: +9.5%
| Advertised rent 2025 | €/m² per month |
|---|---|
| Flat, 1 to 2 rooms | 15.5 |
| Flat (all) | 13.0 |
| Flat, 3 rooms or more | 11.2 |
| House | 10.8 |
24 listings observed. Estimate calculated across a group of neighbouring municipalities, less precise than a municipal estimate. These are advertised rents, service charges included: they are higher than the rents of existing leases. The estimation method was revised in 2022: only the 2022 and later editions, which are comparable with each other, are shown.
🌊 Natural hazards
Hazards listed for the municipality:
Natural disaster declarations per year (since 1982)
9 declarations in total, 3 of them in the last ten years
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| “floods and mudslides” declarations | 8 |
| “ground movements” declarations | 1 |
| Natural risk prevention plans in force | 1 |
| Radon potential (class 1 of 3) | Low |
A declaration recognises a state of natural disaster for a given event; it triggers the “natural disasters” cover of home insurance policies and of the building’s insurance. “Drought” declarations relate to the shrinking and swelling of clay soils, a frequent cause of cracks in buildings. A risk statement (état des risques) must in particular be attached to a sale or lease when the property lies in an area covered by a prevention plan, in seismic zone 2 to 5, or with a class 3 radon potential. This page presents municipal data: it does not replace the risk statement drawn up for the property’s address.
🧾 Property tax and local taxation
Overall property tax rate (buildings, %)
Between 2021 and 2025: +2.5 points
Household waste collection tax rate (%)
Between 2021 and 2025: +0.9 point
The overall rate adds the municipal share and the inter-municipal share. The tax due by an owner equals this rate applied to half of the home’s cadastral rental value, reduced where applicable by exemptions.
🏢 The co-ownerships of La Plaine-des-Palmistes
Registered co-ownerships
Between 2022 and 2025: +100.0%
Budget and arrears are declared by the managing agents to the register; outliers are discarded and the median is used. They are only available for the years in which the register publishes them.
❓ Frequently asked questions
What is the average rent per m² in La Plaine-des-Palmistes?
The rent map shows an advertised rent of about €13.0/m² per month for a flat in 2025, with a prediction interval of €10.3 to €16.5/m². Advertised rents include service charges.
What is the property tax rate in La Plaine-des-Palmistes?
The overall property tax rate on buildings (municipality and inter-municipal authority) is 50.35% in 2025. The amount due depends on this rate and on the property’s cadastral rental value.
What are the natural hazards in La Plaine-des-Palmistes?
The hazards listed for the municipality are: flood, ground movement, earthquake, forest fire. 9 natural disaster declarations have been published since 1982 (3 of them in the last ten years). Source: GASPAR database (Géorisques).
How does La Plaine-des-Palmistes compare with neighbouring municipalities?
Advertised rent: 13.0 €/m²/month, rank 6 of 9 municipalities compared, from highest to lowest (neighbours’ median: 13.3 €/m²/month). Property tax rate: 50.35 %, rank 2 of 9 municipalities compared, from highest to lowest (neighbours’ median: 48.84 %).
How many co-ownerships are there in La Plaine-des-Palmistes?
2 co-ownerships are registered in the national register there, for 34 units.
📊 La Plaine-des-Palmistes compared with neighbouring municipalities
- Advertised rent: 13.0 €/m²/month, rank 6 of 9 municipalities compared, from highest to lowest (neighbours’ median: 13.3 €/m²/month).
- Property tax rate: 50.35 %, rank 2 of 9 municipalities compared, from highest to lowest (neighbours’ median: 48.84 %).
| Municipality | Distance | Inhabitants | Rent (€/m²/month) | Median price (€/m²) | Average income | Property tax | DPE F or G | Disaster decl. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Plaine-des-Palmistes | — | 6,936 | 13.0 | — | — | 50.35% | — | 9 |
| Saint-Benoît | 7.3 km | 38,604 | 12.1 | — | — | 52.55% | — | 12 |
| Sainte-Rose | 10 km | 6,557 | 12.2 | — | — | 45.42% | — | 7 |
| Le Tampon | 11 km | 82,579 | 13.5 | 2,500 | — | 41.06% | — | 13 |
| Bras-Panon | 14 km | 13,012 | 13.1 | — | — | 49.45% | — | 12 |
| Saint-Joseph | 15 km | 39,207 | 13.8 | 2,160 | — | 48.33% | — | 16 |
| Entre-Deux | 17 km | 7,176 | 13.9 | — | — | 42.77% | — | 10 |
| Salazie | 17 km | 7,268 | 12.2 | — | — | 49.35% | — | 13 |
| Cilaos | 20 km | 5,040 | 13.8 | — | — | 50.23% | — | 11 |
The 8 nearest municipalities (as the crow flies, from the centre). Latest values available; “—”: data not published or too few sales. Rents are estimated for groups of municipalities: neighbours may share the same estimate. The rank compares the municipality with these neighbours, not with the whole of France.
📚 Sources and method
Each indicator comes from an open dataset that is kept over time: when a source is updated or corrected, the old value stays on record, which makes it possible to follow changes from one year to the next.
- Ministère de la Transition écologique, base GASPAR (Géorisques) — Licence Ouverte 2.0. Retrieved in October 2026.
- Carte des loyers © Ministère de la Transition écologique / ANIL — Licence Ouverte 2.0. Retrieved in October 2026.
- INSEE, API Géo (Etalab) — Licence Ouverte 2.0. Retrieved in October 2026.
- ASN / IRSN, potentiel radon des communes — Licence Ouverte 2.0. Retrieved in October 2026.
- Registre national d'immatriculation des copropriétés (ANAH) — Licence Ouverte 2.0. Retrieved in October 2026.
- DGFiP, fiscalité locale des particuliers — Licence Ouverte 2.0. Retrieved in October 2026.
- Sale prices: single-property sales (flats) in the streets where the register lists co-ownerships; median calculated from 10 sales or more.