Considering vacant farmland in Ardèche? With no sitting tenant, these plots leave you entirely free to farm as you choose from completion. This page gathers the benchmark prices (recorded sales and the SAFER scale), local productions and the legal and tax rules to know. Browse all our Farmland free of lease for sale in France.
In 2025, 13 farmland sales were recorded in Ardèche. The median price stands at €8,069/ha and the average at €7,860/ha, for an average plot of about 5.6 ha. 80% of sales close between €3,842/ha and €11,161/ha. Transaction volumes are limited: read these figures with caution.
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Year
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Sales
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Average price (€/ha)
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Median price (€/ha)
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2020*
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7
|
6,427
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6,990
|
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2021
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8
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3,313
|
3,141
|
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2022
|
12
|
4,507
|
4,388
|
|
2023
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11
|
4,531
|
3,505
|
|
2024
|
10
|
4,606
|
3,824
|
|
2025
|
13
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7,860
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8,069
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* 2020: second half-year only.
The department sits above its regional average (€4,786/ha in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) against a national average of €6,059/ha. All series are available in our farmland price observatory.
According to the SAFER/SSP statistics (official scale of farmland market values, 2025 figures published in August 2026), vacant land and meadows trade on average at €5,140/ha in Ardèche in 2025, +4.5% year on year and +9.6% over ten years.
The detail by agricultural sub-region:
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Agricultural sub-region
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2025 price (€/ha)
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1-year change
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10-year change
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Bas Vivarais - Coiron - Vallée du Rhône
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6,880
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+4.6%
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-9.7%
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Plateau Ardechois
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4,570
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+4.6%
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+22.5%
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Values range from €4,570/ha to €6,880/ha across sub-regions: soil quality, drainage, irrigation and plot consolidation strongly influence prices within a single area.
Ardèche ranges from the Rhône valley (fruit, AOC Côtes du Rhône vines) to goat and cattle plateaus, via the AOP chestnut groves. Workable valley land contrasts with the slopes and terraces of the Ardèche plateau. With no lease in place, you keep full latitude over the choice of productions. Also browse the farms and agricultural estates for sale in Ardèche.
Legally, buying farmland follows a well-marked path: notification to the SAFER holding a pre-emption right, a farming authorisation where required (structure control), and a notarised deed with about 5.8% transfer duties. Fiscally, letting under a rural lease generates property income, and long-term leases open, under conditions, partial IFI exemptions and allowances on transmission. Our financial calculators (financing plan, notary fees) are there to help.
Browse our listings of Farmland free of lease for sale in Ardèche above and set up an alert to be notified of new opportunities. To dig deeper, read our analysis of farmland prices in France.
