Table: Rural house price changes across France in 2024 – see how your department fares
Uneven shifts see falls of up to 19% and rises of nearly 12%
The least populated departments continue to offer the lowest prices.
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Rural house sale prices in France continued to fluctuate unevenly in 2024, with sharp rises in some areas and steep falls in others, according to official figures.
While average prices nationwide dipped by 3.4%, the department of Pyrénées-Orientales bucked the trend with an 11.9% rise, bringing the average price there to €263,000 according to figures from Safer, an official agency responsible for monitoring rural land sales.
At the other end of the scale, Meuse saw the sharpest fall - down 19.3% to an average of €88,000.
This marks the second consecutive year of modest national declines, following a prolonged post-Covid surge that peaked in 2021.
Prices remain highest along the Mediterranean coast and in the Paris commuter belt, while some of the least populated central and north-eastern departments continue to offer the lowest prices.
The average price of a country house in Safer's figures for 2024 was €195,000.
The organisation's research looked at sales of detached country properties with some land attached (though less than five hectares) but not including farmhouses sold to professional farmers. It did not, therefore, include village houses with no land.
Figures below for falls and rises were worked out by the Connexion team, using data from Groupe Safer / . Prices for a given year are an average of sales in the year in question.
Departments not listed below saw their prices stable in 2024 compared to 2023.
Rural house price falls
| Rank | Department | Price change 2023–2024 | Average price 2024 | Number of transactions |
| 1 | Meuse (55) | −19.3% | €88,000 | 294 |
| 2 | Hérault (34) | −16.1% | €245,000 | 354 |
| 3 | Haute-Marne (52) | −14.3% | €66,000 | 260 |
| 4 | Essonne (91) | −13.5% | €300,000 | 231 |
| 5 | Yvelines (78) | −13.1% | €405,000 | 290 |
| 6 | Marne (51) | −10.3% | €122,000 | 159 |
| 7 | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04) | −10.2% | €239,000 | 300 |
| 8 | Aube (10) | −9.9% | €118,000 | 190 |
| 9 | Rhône (69) | −9.8% | €312,000 | 805 |
| 10 | Finistère (29) | −9.4% | €192,000 | 2,009 |
| 11 | Vaucluse (84) | −7.8% | €412,000 | 796 |
| 12 | Gironde (33) | −7.7% | €217,000 | 1,436 |
| 13 | Cher (18) | −7.5% | €86,000 | 751 |
| 14 | Haute-Loire (43) | −7.5% | €124,000 | 508 |
| 15 | Hautes-Alpes (05) | −7.4% | €251,000 | 238 |
| 16 | Eure (27) | −7.3% | €190,000 | 1,099 |
| 17 | Pas-de-Calais (62) | −7.2% | €167,000 | 1,098 |
| 18 | Seine-Maritime (76) | −7.2% | €193,000 | 891 |
| 19 | Morbihan (56) | −6.8% | €192,000 | 2,479 |
| 20 | Gard (30) | −6.5% | €245,000 | 864 |
| 21 | Seine-et-Marne (77) | −6.2% | €258,000 | 632 |
| 22 | Landes (40) | −6.1% | €229,000 | 873 |
| 23 | Indre (36) | −6.1% | €77,000 | 842 |
| 24 | Aveyron (12) | −6.1% | €124,000 | 751 |
| 25 | Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | −6.0% | €189,000 | 609 |
| 26 | Nord (59) | −5.2% | €202,000 | 1,290 |
| 27 | Somme (80) | −5.1% | €129,000 | 556 |
| 28 | Haute-Saône (70) | −4.6% | €103,000 | 438 |
| 29 | Manche (50) | −4.5% | €147,000 | 2,076 |
| 30 | Bas-Rhin (67) | −4.4% | €215,000 | 392 |
| 31 | Lozère (48) | −4.4% | €131,000 | 186 |
| 32 | Loir-et-Cher (41) | −4.3% | €132,000 | 901 |
| 33 | Var (83) | −4.2% | €430,000 | 1,505 |
| 34 | Loiret (45) | −4.1% | €165,000 | 760 |
| 35 | Ariège (09) | −3.7% | €131,000 | 456 |
| 36 | Charente (16) | −3.5% | €139,000 | 1,080 |
| 37 | Haut-Rhin (68) | −3.3% | €237,000 | 226 |
| 38 | Calvados (14) | −3.2% | €215,000 | 1,273 |
| 39 | Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | −3.1% | €557,000 | 976 |
| 40 | Haute-Garonne (31) | −3.0% | €226,000 | 894 |
| 41 | Haute-Savoie (74) | −3.0% | €455,000 | 928 |
| 42 | Alpes-Maritimes (06) | −2.0% | €432,000 | 694 |
| 43 | Isère (38) | −1.9% | €265,000 | 1,243 |
| 44 | Tarn (81) | −1.7% | €172,000 | 761 |
| 45 | Corrèze (19) | −1.6% | €126,000 | 723 |
| 46 | Deux-Sèvres (79) | −1.5% | €128,000 | 921 |
| 47 | Yonne (89) | −1.5% | €131,000 | 546 |
| 48 | Creuse (23) | −1.3% | €75,000 | 868 |
| 49 | Vendée (85) | −1.2% | €166,000 | 1,634 |
| 50 | Indre-et-Loire (37) | −1.1% | €173,000 | 1,129 |
| 51 | Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) | −1.1% | €280,000 | 794 |
| 52 | Oise (60) | −1.0% | €201,000 | 544 |
| 53 | La Réunion (974) | −1.0% | €204,000 | 323 |
| 54 | Aisne (02) | −0.8% | €120,000 | 532 |
| 55 | Vosges (88) | −0.7% | €138,000 | 623 |
| 56 | Lot (46) | −0.6% | €171,000 | 784 |
| 57 | Moselle (57) | −0.6% | €178,000 | 649 |
| 58 | Loire-Atlantique (44) | −0.5% | €205,000 | 2,406 |
| 59 | Val-d'Oise (95) | −0.3% | €357,000 | 205 |
Rural house price rises
| Rank | Department | Price change 2023–2024 | Average price 2024 | Number of transactions |
| 1 | Pyrénées-Orientales (66) | +11.9% | €263,000 | 170 |
| 2 | Doubs (25) | +11.7% | €162,000 | 226 |
| 3 | Côte-d'Or (21) | +10.8% | €144,000 | 281 |
| 4 | Meurthe-et-Moselle (54) | +9.6% | €171,000 | 523 |
| 5 | Cantal (15) | +9.6% | €103,000 | 407 |
| 6 | Sarthe (72) | +8.5% | €127,000 | 1,340 |
| 7 | Aude (11) | +7.6% | €155,000 | 295 |
| 8 | Haute-Vienne (87) | +6.5% | €115,000 | 964 |
| 9 | Drôme (26) | +6.2% | €292,000 | 765 |
| 10 | Mayenne (53) | +5.3% | €120,000 | 773 |
| 11 | Vienne (86) | +5.0% | €127,000 | 991 |
| 12 | Gers (32) | +4.7% | €199,000 | 581 |
| 13 | Ardennes (08) | +4.5% | €115,000 | 293 |
| 14 | Eure-et-Loir (28) | +3.1% | €164,000 | 617 |
| 15 | Ardèche (07) | +2.6% | €200,000 | 929 |
| 16 | Ain (01) | +2.1% | €246,000 | 876 |
| 17 | Jura (39) | +1.9% | €164,000 | 347 |
| 18 | Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | +1.8% | €168,000 | 400 |
| 19 | Puy-de-Dôme (63) | +1.8% | €113,000 | 979 |
| 20 | Orne (61) | +1.6% | €128,000 | 1,126 |
| 21 | Haute-Corse (2B) | +1.4% | €213,000 | 78 |
| 22 | Savoie (73) | +1.1% | €267,000 | 718 |
| 23 | Dordogne (24) | +1.1% | €179,000 | 1,868 |
| 24 | Loire (42) | +1.1% | €182,000 | 1,067 |
| 25 | Nièvre (58) | +1.1% | €95,000 | 553 |
| 26 | Allier (03) | +1.0% | €100,000 | 910 |
| 27 | Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | +0.5% | €185,000 | 2,038 |
