Buying Farmland free of lease in Grand Est means acquiring land free of any rural lease, ready to farm from day one — a decisive advantage for a new farm, an expansion or a diversification project. Here are the benchmark prices, local farming profile and legal framework, along with all our Farmland free of lease for sale in France.
In 2025, 1,233 farmland sales were recorded in Grand Est. The median price stands at €5,611/ha and the average at €7,490/ha; 80% of sales close between €3,151 and €14,830/ha, against a national average of €6,059/ha.
Year | Sales | Average price (€/ha) | Median price (€/ha) |
2020* | 652 | 7,257 | 5,583 |
2021 | 1,320 | 7,259 | 5,694 |
2022 | 1,260 | 6,874 | 5,252 |
2023 | 1,309 | 7,221 | 5,600 |
2024 | 1,176 | 7,157 | 5,602 |
2025 | 1,233 | 7,490 | 5,611 |
* 2020: second half-year only.
Year on year, the average price moved by +4.7% (+3.2% since 2021). Departments ranked by 2025 DVF average: Marne (€11,957/ha) · Aube (€10,929/ha) · Ardennes (€7,559/ha) · Meurthe-et-Moselle (€5,398/ha) · Meuse (€5,026/ha) · Haute-Marne (€4,078/ha) · Vosges (€3,428/ha). All series are 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 €6,510/ha in Grand Est in 2025, -4.4% year on year and 0.0% over ten years, against a national average of €6,460/ha.
The detail by department:
Department | 2025 price (€/ha) | 1-year change |
Ardennes | 6,850 | -1.0% |
Aube | 11,270 | +5.2% |
Marne | 12,020 | +2.6% |
Haute-Marne | 4,560 | +11.2% |
Meurthe-et-Moselle | 5,410 | +6.3% |
Meuse | 4,940 | +2.1% |
Moselle | 5,380 | -4.6% |
Bas-Rhin | 6,470 | -2.4% |
Haut-Rhin | 7,510 | -1.2% |
Vosges | 3,460 | -3.9% |
Grand Est lines up the chalky Champagne, one of Europe's most productive plains (wheat, barley, sugar beet, lucerne), the mixed-farming Lorraine plateaus, the dairy Vosges mountains (AOP Munster) and the Alsatian Rhine plain (maize, hops, IGP sauerkraut cabbage). One particularity: in Alsace-Moselle, land registration goes through the Livre foncier, so sales do not feed the DVF database. Land free of any lease lets you launch the cropping project of your choice immediately. Also browse the farms and agricultural estates for sale in Grand Est.
The framework is the same across France: notification of the sale to the SAFER (pre-emption right, two months), a possible farming authorisation under structure-control rules, transfer duties of about 5.8% plus notary fees. The buyer can then farm directly or grant a rural lease under the statut du fermage; long-term leases open, under conditions, partial IFI exemptions and inheritance allowances. Our financial calculators help you budget the project.
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