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A leading agricultural region, Grand Est covers nearly 3.2 million hectares of utilized agricultural area and concentrates a remarkable productive diversity: large-scale cereal crops on the chalky soils of Champagne, mixed farming-livestock in Lorraine, Vosges meadows, and the Alsace plain. This article provides a detailed analysis of agricultural land prices in Grand Est based on DVF data (Demandes de Valeurs Foncières), supplemented by references published by the Ministry of Agriculture and SAFER.
Important precision on the scope: the statistics presented here concern exclusively agricultural land excluding vineyards (large-scale crops, meadows, arable land). The Champagne vineyard, although emblematic of the region, is excluded from the numerical analysis because it belongs to an AOC market completely disconnected from standard agricultural real estate. Furthermore, the departments of Moselle (57), Bas-Rhin (67), and Haut-Rhin (68) do not appear in the DVF database due to the Alsace-Moselle land registry system: the departmental analysis therefore covers seven departments. Finally, the 2025 data only covers the 1st half of the year and remains partial: it should be interpreted with caution.
During the 1st half of 2025, the average price of agricultural land in Grand Est stood at €7,284/ha and the median price at €5,500/ha, based on 496 recorded transactions (partial 1st half 2025 data, to be interpreted with caution). These figures confirm 2024 as a robust reference year: €7,157/ha on average and €5,602/ha median, for 1,176 sales identified over the full year.
The marked gap between average and median prices — approximately €1,550/ha in 2024 — deserves explanation. The median price corresponds to the value that splits the market into two equal halves: half of the transactions are below it, the other half above. It reflects the most representative price of an "ordinary" transaction. The average price is pulled upward by premium sales, which are particularly numerous in Marne and Aube. In Grand Est, this gap of around 28% testifies to a very heterogeneous market, structured by a core of high-value transactions on Champagne cereal lands.
Over the 2020-2024 period, the average price remained remarkably stable: -1.4% in four years. This nominal near-stagnation, in a context of cumulative inflation exceeding 10%, actually reflects an erosion in real value of agricultural land in Grand Est. However, early 2025 data suggests a slight rebound, to be confirmed in the second half of the year.
| Year | Period | No. of sales | Avg. Price | Median Price | P10 | P90 | Avg. Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020* | H2 only | 652 | €7,257/ha | €5,583/ha | €3,000/ha | €14,000/ha | 11.2 ha |
| 2021 | Full year | 1,320 | €7,259/ha | €5,694/ha | €3,060/ha | €14,000/ha | 11.3 ha |
| 2022 | Full year | 1,260 | €6,874/ha | €5,252/ha | €3,059/ha | €13,000/ha | 11.7 ha |
| 2023 | Full year | 1,309 | €7,221/ha | €5,600/ha | €3,208/ha | €14,000/ha | 11.7 ha |
| 2024 | Full year | 1,176 | €7,157/ha | €5,602/ha | €3,082/ha | €13,955/ha | 11.4 ha |
| 2025* | H1 only | 496 | €7,284/ha | €5,500/ha | €3,025/ha | €14,480/ha | 10.5 ha |
* 2020 = 2nd half only; 2025 = 1st half only, partial data to be interpreted with caution. Source: DVF, ma-propriete.fr processing.
Evolution of agricultural land prices in Grand Est — Source: DVF, ma-propriete.fr processing
Every year, via the Ministry of Agriculture, SAFER publishes separate average prices for vacant land (sold without an ongoing lease) and leased land (sold with a tenant farmer in place). These two references help understand the effect of rental status on land value.
In 2024, the average price of vacant land and meadows in Grand Est reached €6,810/ha, up +7.2% over one year. Over thirteen years, since 2011, the cumulative increase amounts to +15.2%. The price of leased land and meadows stood at €6,620/ha, an increase of +1.8% over one year and +20.8% since 2012.
A notable feature of Grand Est: the gap between vacant and leased land is particularly narrow, and sometimes inverted depending on the year. In most French regions, leased land sells for 15% to 25% less than vacant land due to the discount linked to the presence of a protective rural lease. In Grand Est, this discount disappears: the weight of the Marne and Aube market, where long-term leases are common and where agronomic quality supports values, smoothes the difference.
| Year | Vacant Land | Leased Land | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | €5,730/ha | €5,480/ha | +€250 |
| 2015 | €6,510/ha | €6,220/ha | +€290 |
| 2018 | €6,440/ha | €6,330/ha | +€110 |
| 2021 | €6,620/ha | €6,660/ha | -€40 |
| 2022 | €6,390/ha | €6,720/ha | -€330 |
| 2023 | €6,350/ha | €6,500/ha | -€150 |
| 2024 | €6,810/ha | €6,620/ha | +€190 |
Source: SAFER / Ministry of Agriculture — unbuilt land and meadows.
Grand Est — Vacant vs Leased land and meadow prices — Source: SAFER / Ministry of Agriculture
The long-term trend is clear: over thirteen years, leased land in Grand Est has increased faster (+20.8%) than vacant land (+15.2%). This movement reflects a revaluation of rental holding, supported by the advantageous taxation of long-term leases and the professionalization of lessors.
Grand Est brings together ten departments, but the DVF analysis here only covers seven of them. Moselle, Bas-Rhin, and Haut-Rhin are indeed excluded from the national DVF database: these three departments fall under the Alsace-Moselle land registry system, inherited from local law, which provides for specific land publicity and does not transmit its data to Etalab. For these territories, only SAFER references remain available.
The seven departments processed reveal a marked price contrast, ranging from single to quadruple between the southern Champagne region and the Vosges massifs.
Median price by department in 2024 — Source: DVF, ma-propriete.fr processing
Ardennes shows an average price of €7,358/ha and a median price of €5,994/ha for 183 transactions in 2024, making it the third most expensive department in the region after Marne and Aube. The 1st half of 2025 confirms this dynamic with an average price of €7,779/ha (partial data, to be interpreted with caution). Over four years, the average price increase reached nearly +0.7%, a near-stagnation that hides real market stability.
The department combines large-scale crops in the chalky Champagne plain to the south and mixed farming-cattle livestock on the Ardennes plateaus to the north. This agronomic duality explains the observed dispersion: the cereal soils of Rethélois pull prices up, while the meadows of forested Ardennes remain significantly more accessible.
Ardennes — DVF Prices 2020-2025 — Source: DVF, ma-propriete.fr processing
Aube is positioned as the second most expensive department in Grand Est with an average price of €9,951/ha and a median price of €9,596/ha in 2024, across 166 sales. The 1st half of 2025 confirms this hold at €10,384/ha on average (partial data, to be interpreted with caution). It is the only department in Grand Est, along with Marne, to consistently exceed the €10,000/ha mark.
This valuation is explained by the exceptional quality of the chalky Champagne soils, which produce some of the best cereal yields in France. Although AOC viticultural Champagne is excluded from our analysis, its existence indirectly impacts the market by limiting the supply of classic agricultural land available for sale.
Aube — DVF Prices 2020-2025 — Source: DVF, ma-propriete.fr processing
Marne is by far the most expensive department in Grand Est and ranks in the national top 10. In 2024, the average price reached €11,267/ha and the median price €11,368/ha, based on 254 transactions. A remarkable statistical feature: the median here is very close to the average price, indicating a homogeneous market concentrated on high values. The 1st half of 2025 confirms this firmness with €11,642/ha on average (partial data, to be interpreted with caution).
Marne combines several assets: chalky soils with very high agronomic potential, structured cereal farms, and sustained demand from established farmers looking to expand. Again, the AOC Champagne vineyard is excluded from the analysis, but its proximity contributes to making land supply scarce and supporting values.
Marne — DVF Prices 2020-2025 — Source: DVF, ma-propriete.fr processing
Haute-Marne offers a striking contrast to its northern neighbor. In 2024, the average price was €4,038/ha and the median price €3,600/ha for 155 sales, nearly three times cheaper than Marne. The 1st half of 2025 remains at this level (€4,104/ha on average, partial data, to be interpreted with caution). Over four years, however, the department shows an increase of nearly +20%, the strongest relative rise in Grand Est.
Haute-Marne agriculture is dominated by mixed farming-livestock and meadows, on less productive plateau soils. Land pressure is more moderate there, but the growing attractiveness of land for extensive livestock projects and diversification supports the price dynamic.
Haute-Marne — DVF Prices 2020-2025 — Source: DVF, ma-propriete.fr processing
Meurthe-et-Moselle is within the Lorraine average with an average price of €5,476/ha and a median price of €5,000/ha in 2024, for 142 transactions. The department shows the strongest progression in Grand Est over four years (+14.7% on average). However, the 1st half of 2025 marks a technical decline to €4,855/ha (partial data, to be interpreted with caution), to be confirmed over the full year.
Agriculture there combines large-scale crops on the Lorraine plateau and cattle farming. The proximity of the Nancy and Metz urban centers creates peri-urban land pressure that helps support values on certain fringes of the department.
Meurthe-et-Moselle — DVF Prices 2020-2025 — Source: DVF, ma-propriete.fr processing
Meuse presents an average price of €5,234/ha and a median price of €5,000/ha in 2024, based on 131 sales. The 1st half of 2025 remains very stable at €5,069/ha on average (partial data, to be interpreted with caution). Over four years, the department has grown by +6.9%, in the lower average of Grand Est.
A rural department dominated by large-scale crops and suckler cattle farming, Meuse is characterized by large farms (the average surface area per transaction often exceeds 12 hectares) and a relatively liquid land market compared to its agricultural population.
Meuse — DVF Prices 2020-2025 — Source: DVF, ma-propriete.fr processing
Vosges is the most accessible department in Grand Est with an average price of €3,226/ha and a median price of €3,064/ha in 2024, for 145 transactions. The 1st half of 2025 confirms this low level at €3,290/ha on average (partial data, to be interpreted with caution). Over four years, the average price has declined slightly (-7.9%), the only department in Grand Est with a clear drop.
Geography explains most of this: Vosges is primarily a mountain and mid-mountain department, dominated by dairy cattle farming on meadows, with a heavy forestry weight. Soils are less productive, climatic constraints are stronger, and land pressure is limited outside of valley floors.
Vosges — DVF Prices 2020-2025 — Source: DVF, ma-propriete.fr processing
The statistics presented come from a reprocessing of the DVF database (Demandes de Valeurs Foncières), published in open data by the General Directorate of Public Finances. We have retained only transfers corresponding to unbuilt agricultural land, explicitly excluding vineyards and viticultural plots, building land, mixed properties integrating buildings, and atypical transactions (donations, exchanges). For each transfer, the unit price per hectare is recalculated from the net seller price and the actual cadastral surface area.
We then calculate, for each geographical area and each year, the average price, the median price, and the P10 and P90 percentiles which define the core of the market by discarding the 10% lowest and highest transactions. This statistical approach helps neutralize outliers and provide a robust view of the market.
Several methodological limits must be kept in mind. First, the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin, and Haut-Rhin are not covered by DVF due to the Alsace-Moselle land registry system. Second, some transactions may be incomplete or poorly categorized in the source database, which justifies the application of consistency thresholds (minimum and maximum unit price). Third, 2025 only covers the 1st half of the year: the number of transactions is mechanically reduced, making the statistics more sensitive to temporary variations. Finally, the exclusion of vineyards is essential for regional comparability, but it deprives the analysis of an important dimension of the Champagne land economy.
DVF and SAFER figures do not overlap exactly, and this is normal. SAFER relies on the sale notifications it receives as part of its right of preemption, which it reprocesses and groups into categories (vacant land, leased land, built or unbuilt land and meadows). Its methodology prioritizes an economic and agronomic reading. DVF offers a more exhaustive and raw approach: all actual transfers are taken into account, without prior distinction of rental status. The two sources are therefore complementary rather than competing, and their cross-reading allows for a more nuanced understanding of market developments.
The agricultural land market in Grand Est is characterized by nominal stability (-1.4% over 2020-2024 as a regional average) which actually masks an erosion in real value against inflation. Behind this average, the region remains deeply contrasted: a southern Champagne area (Marne, Aube) where values consistently exceed €10,000/ha, an intermediate Lorraine heart between €4,000 and €5,500/ha, and a significantly more accessible Haute-Marne / Vosges arc. Early 2025 data suggests a slight recovery to be confirmed. For project holders looking to set up as well as for investors, this deep segmentation serves as a reminder that there is no single agricultural land market in Grand Est, but a mosaic of local markets that must be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.
