Buying a wood or a forest is of interest to professionals and amateurs alike: hunters, fishermen, forestry operators or even simple tree and nature lovers may be interested in our selection of forests for sale.
The Woods and Forests section of our site is a sub-category of the forestry category of our site in which you will also find ponds, hunting properties, shares in forestry groups and forestry operations.
Using our search tool, you can select woods, groves and forests for purchase by location, surface area in hectares or purchase price. If you don't find any woodlands to buy that match your criteria, you can create an alert to be automatically informed of new properties including woodlands to buy that are published on our portal.
By advertising your forest for 6 months, you will benefit from the high visibility of our portal and will be contacted by many candidates interested in buying a forest.
You can modify your sale advert at any time and publish it in 1 or 2 categories or sub-categories on our portal. You will have access to the visibility statistics for your advert and will receive the contact forms directly to your email inbox. Whether you are an owner wishing to sell your woodland, or a property professional, our portal will meet your needs to ensure the successful sale of your forest.
According to SAFER statistics, the average sale price of a forest or woodland is €4,630 per hectare in 2022. However, this price varies widely: 90% of transactions are between €700 and €14,800 per hectare.
Our professional advertisers, who are forestry specialists, will be able to guide you in determining the selling price of your property. You can complete our form to be put in touch with these forestry property professionals free of charge.
Buying a forest is a specific kind of property investment. You can acquire it in your own name or through a company.
The Groupement Foncier Forestier is a type of non-trading property company that is specifically designed for forest purchases, and which allows you to benefit from tax advantages: this investment can enable you to reduce the amount of your Impôt sur la Fortune Immobilière (property wealth tax) as well as your inheritance or gift tax. You can also benefit from financial aid for the management of your forest, for planting, upkeep and professional assistance in implementing your sustainable management plan.
We have devoted a number of articles in our blog to the subject of forests, and in particular to the stages in the life of a forestry investment:
They will provide you with all the information you need about the specific tax aspects of a forestry investment, as well as the principles of a Management Plan.
We have devoted a specific article in our blog to the possibility of building on forest land. We invite you to refer to it.
A forest is an area of at least 1/2 ha (fifty ares, 5,000 m²) with trees that can reach a height of more than 5 metres at maturity, a wood cover of more than 10% and an average width of at least 20 metres.
In mainland France, forests cover 17 million hectares, or 31% of the country, and have been growing steadily for over a century. In terms of stands, the French forest is made up of :
French forests are also rich in biodiversity, with 138 species of tree, 73 species of mammal and 120 species of bird. Beneficial for the environment, they capture the equivalent of 15% of the country's annual CO2 emissions.
Almost 13 million hectares of woods and forests belong to private forest owners (3 million owners). The State, local authorities and public establishments own more than 4 million hectares.
The most wooded regions in mainland France are Corsica, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. There are almost 130 species of wood in France, divided between hardwoods (67% of the stand), conifers (21%) and mixed (12%). The largest state-owned forests in France are the Orléans forest (35,000 ha) and the Landes forest (25,000 ha).
In the French overseas departments and territories, French Guiana comes first, followed by Réunion and Guadeloupe.
