Divonne agency presentation
Divonne Sotheby's International Realty is located in the heart of downtown Divonne, on the main shopping street. Founded in 2022 by Bernard Marmillon and Pierre Laugier, Sotheby's International Realty representatives for the Lake Annecy and Lac Léman - Evian regions, it covers the Greater Geneva area and completes the real estate offering for their respective customers.
A team of professional luxury real estate experts work in a sober, contemporary setting. The team is made up of experienced, multilingual agents who know how to adapt to their customers' needs and respond with enthusiasm, discretion and a focus on service.
The “Divonne Sotheby's International Realty” agency offers property for sale or rent in the Greater Geneva area, including Pays de Gex and the French Genevois. Its creation enables it to offer its customers a total selection of choice and quality real estate less than half an hour from downtown Geneva. At the same time, it benefits from a network of experts to meet all its customers' other needs.
The agency's portfolio features a selection of “top-of-the-range” properties, villas and apartments chosen for their quality and privileged environment. Since its creation, the team has already sold some of the most emblematic properties on the Greater Geneva market.
The Divonne-les-Bains real estate market
Like its counterparts in Evian and Annecy, the Divonne-les-Bains agency benefits from its proximity to Switzerland and Geneva. With its international and financial activities, and its position in high value-added sectors, Geneva is at the center of one of the richest regions in the world. Together with the French Genevois and the Pays de Gex, the Canton of Geneva forms a vast economic and residential area that is experiencing rapid demographic growth, boosted by the attractiveness of the Swiss job market.
Every day, many French people cross the border to work in Switzerland, with half of all cross-border commuters living less than 5 km from the border. As a result, demand for housing in the border area is high, and given the housing shortage in Geneva, property prices in the border regions are necessarily higher than the French average.
Pays de Gex is the most dynamic border area in terms of housing, but also thanks to its Franco-Swiss business parks. Of course, the presence of CERN and international organizations attracts residents from all over the world. In addition to Divonne-les-Bains, the Pays de Gex real estate market is most active in Ferney-Voltaire, Prévessin-Moens, Saint-Genis Pouilly, Gex and Cessy.
Divonne is characterized as a Swiss enclave within French territory, on the border of the cantons of Vaud and Geneva, less than a few kilometers from the coast, where many famous foreigners (sportsmen, artists, captains of industry, etc.) settle, boosting the local real estate market. Divonne is the most residential and international town in Greater Geneva, with over 90 nationalities and just under 10,000 inhabitants.
The Pays de Gex countryside is dotted with luxury homes and estates, traditional farmhouses and houses, and prestigious properties. Most buyers are French border residents who work in Switzerland or come from major French cities such as Paris and Lyon. Divonne-les-Bains also attracts customers from Luxembourg, England, Russia and Switzerland.
Divonne-les-Bains: history and heritage
Historically, Divonne, a town of water, owes its glorious past to the development of thermalism in the mid-19th century, with the installation of thermal baths and a casino that was long ranked 1st casino in France. Divonne also boasts a prestigious golf course at the gateway to Geneva, a lake created in 1960 with all possible lake activities, a racecourse, several concert halls and an emblematic château sitting on a promontory overlooking the town and facing Mont Blanc.
In the heart of the Gex region, in the Ain department, Divonne-les-Bains offers remarkable accessibility in a privileged natural setting. Its proximity to the Swiss freeway, Geneva international airport and TGV train station means you can reach Lyon in 2 hours and Paris in 3. Divonne, Geneva's border town at the foot of the Jura mountains, sits atop the Mont-Blanc and Alps chain, just a stone's throw from Lake Geneva and just over an hour's drive from Chamonix and Megève, world-renowned winter sports resorts.
Divonne-les-Bains is a resolutely dynamic and cosmopolitan town, offering a multitude of entertainment and sports opportunities. Golf enthusiasts can indulge their passion in the magnificent wooded natural park of Golf Divonne. The Domaine de Divonne, a 4-star hotel belonging to the prestigious Partouche Hotels group, offers an exceptional luxury experience with its two renowned gourmet restaurants, Les Présidents and La Terrasse.
Divonne-les-Bains, nestled in the prestigious Lake Geneva region, is popular with a wealthy clientele all year round. The reputation of Sotheby's International Realty, a prestige brand, enables us to offer luxury lakefront properties at prices rarely matched.
