The market for Farmland free of lease in Pays de la Loire serves farmers seeking to expand as well as project owners and investors: free of any tenancy, the land can be cultivated at once. Recorded sale prices, the SAFER scale, local productions and the legal rules — here is what to know before buying. Also see our Farmland free of lease for sale in France.
In 2025, 1,873 farmland sales were recorded in Pays de la Loire. The median price stands at €3,267/ha and the average at €3,842/ha; 80% of sales close between €1,990 and €6,500/ha, against a national average of €6,059/ha.
Year | Sales | Average price (€/ha) | Median price (€/ha) |
2020* | 947 | 3,668 | 3,000 |
2021 | 1,881 | 3,666 | 3,068 |
2022 | 1,916 | 3,867 | 3,193 |
2023 | 2,011 | 3,745 | 3,077 |
2024 | 1,846 | 3,715 | 3,044 |
2025 | 1,873 | 3,842 | 3,267 |
* 2020: second half-year only.
Year on year, the average price moved by +3.4% (+4.8% since 2021). Departments ranked by 2025 DVF average: Mayenne (€6,502/ha) · Sarthe (€4,629/ha) · Maine-et-Loire (€3,388/ha) · Vendée (€2,626/ha) · Loire-Atlantique (€2,476/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 €4,100/ha in Pays de la Loire in 2025, +1.5% year on year and +11.7% over ten years, against a national average of €6,460/ha.
The detail by department:
Department | 2025 price (€/ha) | 1-year change |
Loire-Atlantique | 2,890 | 0.0% |
Maine-et-Loire | 3,820 | +2.1% |
Mayenne | 6,380 | 0.0% |
Sarthe | 4,650 | -1.1% |
Vendée | 2,790 | -2.4% |
France's second livestock region, Pays de la Loire lines up dairy and beef cattle, poultry (Loué, Challans) and pigs on a dense bocage, alongside the Muscadet and Anjou-Saumur vineyards, Nantes market gardening and Angevin horticulture. Land remains noticeably cheaper than in neighbouring Brittany, with a market driven by livestock-farm expansion. Free of any tenancy, the land can be put to work from the first season. Also browse the farms and agricultural estates for sale in Pays de la Loire.
Before signing, three points to check: the SAFER's pre-emption right (cleared through notarised notification, two-month response), land-structure control (farming authorisation depending on area and situation) and transfer duties (about 5.8% of the price, before fees). After the purchase, farm directly or let under a rural lease: long-term leases carry, under conditions, IFI and inheritance advantages. Estimate your budget with our financial calculators.
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