Living with outdoor space in the 8th arrondissement of Paris

The 8th arrondissement at a glance

The 8th is an arrondissement of monuments, embassies, concert halls and museums. Its highest point reaches 59 metres. The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, the Élysée Palace, the Madeleine church, the Grand Palais, the Petit Palais, the Hôtel de Crillon, the Hôtel de la Marine, the obelisk on place de la Concorde and the Pont Alexandre-III are its landmarks. The Salle Pleyel, the Salle Gaveau and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées are based here, along with the Cernuschi, Nissim-de-Camondo and Jacquemart-André museums.

The arrondissement is thinly populated: 39,088 residents in 2006, about 10,000 per km², according to Wikipedia. Avenue des Champs-Élysées, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, avenue Montaigne, boulevard Haussmann, boulevard Malesherbes and rue La Boétie are among the best-known streets.

Parks, gardens and views

Parc Monceau, in the Europe district, covers about 8.2 hectares today according to Wikipedia. Colignon built the Folie de Chartres for the duc de Chartres between 1769 and 1773, then Carmontelle designed an Anglo-Chinese garden between 1773 and 1779. The park was redesigned by Adolphe Alphand and opened by Napoleon III on 14 August 1861. It has the Rotonde, a former toll pavilion designed by Claude Nicolas Ledoux in 1787, and an oval basin, the Naumachie, edged with a Corinthian colonnade.

It is the arrondissement's large green space. For anyone looking for outdoor space, this changes the reasoning. A balcony looks onto its surroundings: a wide avenue, a courtyard, the park or the rooftops. A nearby park partly makes up for the lack of a private garden, and a balcony on an avenue calls for a look at noise and orientation as much as at the view. A view that is advertised over Parc Monceau or over the monuments is to be checked at a viewing, at several times of day.

Streets worth knowing

Four groups of streets give an idea of the 8th. The prices quoted come from Efficity, for each whole street, all types of property together.

• Avenue Montaigne and avenue George-V
• Avenue Hoche and rue de Monceau
• Boulevard Malesherbes and rue de Courcelles
• Rue La Boétie and rue de Miromesnil

Avenue Montaigne and avenue George-V

Avenue George-V is the most expensive of the eight streets surveyed: Efficity records €17,940 per m² in October 2026, in a range of €12,840 to €22,140, which is 31% above the arrondissement average. Avenue Montaigne stands at €17,460 per m², from €11,510 to €22,470, which is 29% above. These are, by a wide margin, the two most expensive addresses on this page.

Avenue Hoche and rue de Monceau

Avenue Hoche is at €13,700 per m² in October 2026, from €10,970 to €18,200, which is 10% above the arrondissement average. Rue de Monceau is at €12,220 per m², from €8,920 to €16,230, which is 1% below. Both streets are close to Parc Monceau.

Boulevard Malesherbes and rue de Courcelles

Boulevard Malesherbes is at €12,350 per m² in September 2026, from €9,620 to €15,580, a level the estimate describes as similar to the arrondissement's. Rue de Courcelles is at €11,230 per m², from €8,670 to €13,760, which is 10% below: it is the least expensive of the eight.

Rue La Boétie and rue de Miromesnil

Rue La Boétie is at €11,960 per m² in October 2026, from €9,490 to €15,070, which is 3% below the arrondissement average. Rue de Miromesnil is at €11,940 per m², from €9,460 to €14,600, which is also 3% below. Wikipedia names both among the streets of the arrondissement.

Transport and daily life

Nine metro lines and two RER lines serve the arrondissement, along with two Transilien lines, 28 RATP bus lines and 14 Noctilien lines. Wikipedia lists among the stations Saint-Lazare, Madeleine, Concorde, Charles de Gaulle-Étoile, Champs-Élysées-Clemenceau, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Alma-Marceau, Villiers, Europe, Place de Clichy and Auber. Gare Saint-Lazare, the second busiest on the network according to the same source, is in the Europe district. No tram line crosses the arrondissement.

How prices vary

In the 8th, the gap between streets is very wide: the eight averages surveyed by Efficity run from €11,230 to €17,940 per m², a €6,710 difference, while the range within a single street spans €5,090 to €10,960. Avenue George-V is 31% above the arrondissement average, avenue Montaigne 29%, avenue Hoche 10%, rue de Monceau 1% below, rue La Boétie and rue de Miromesnil 3% below and rue de Courcelles 10% below.

Buying a flat in the 8th arrondissement

The 8th mixes Haussmann buildings, divided townhouses and converted office buildings. Before buying with outdoor space, read the co-ownership rules, the minutes of the last three general meetings and the maintenance logbook: a balcony gets repaired, a terrace gets waterproofed, a façade gets renovated, and that work is voted on by the co-owners. On a major avenue, also look at the noise and orientation of the balcony. Include notary fees in the budget too.

Selling a flat in the 8th arrondissement

The 8th has few sales (384 flats over 24 months according to Qoridor), and each is compared with the previous ones. Your buyer has seen them, and will ask why your price sits above the street average. A balcony, a terrace or an open view must be shown in photos and measured: outdoor space is counted separately from the Carrez surface. The form at the foot of the page lets you ask for a valuation.