A forest for sale in Dordogne might be chestnut coppice in the Nontronnais, a pine wood in the Double or oak woodland on the causses around Sarlat: the Périgord is one of the most wooded departments in France, and one of the most fragmented. In the north, the Périgord Vert, partly within the Périgord-Limousin regional nature park, lives off chestnut and oak. In the west, the Double and the Landais, between the Dronne, the Isle and the Dordogne, combine maritime pine, oak and ponds on poor soils. In the south-east, the Périgord Noir brings together the Barade forest, the Bessède and the oak woods of the causses. Buyers come for woods and plots in the Périgord to heat a house, for production holdings or for leisure properties.
This page brings together listings of woods, forests and wooded properties in the department from private sellers, estate agents and notaires. The block that follows compares Dordogne prices with Nouvelle-Aquitaine and France; after that come the tree species, the main wooded areas and the checks to make before signing. To see what managing a wood involves from day to day, read our white paper for forest owners.
According to the ma-propriete.fr forest price observatory, built from sales recorded in the French DVF land registry database, the median price of a hectare of forest in Dordogne was €2,642/ha in 2025, across 220 sales, with an average of €3,243/ha. That puts the department below the Nouvelle-Aquitaine median (€3,995/ha) and below the national median (€4,936/ha). Compared with 2024, the median changed by −6.3%. Over the more robust 2020-2025 period, 1,190 sales give a median of €2,740/ha for a median plot size of 4.3 ha.
| Indicator | Dordogne (24) | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price 2025 | €2,642/ha | €3,995/ha | €4,936/ha |
| Average price 2025 | €3,243/ha | €4,688/ha | €6,214/ha |
| Number of sales 2025 | 220 | 1,450 | 6,329 |
| Change in median 2024 → 2025 | −6.3% | +5.5% | +1.9% |
| Median price 2020-2025 | €2,740/ha | €3,684/ha | €4,778/ha |
| Number of sales 2020-2025 | 1,190 | 8,009 | 35,100 |
Prices vary widely: in 2025, one forest in ten sold for less than €1,458/ha in Dordogne and one in ten for more than €5,939/ha. The gap reflects the type of stand, access and intended use: a firewood coppice and a quality high forest of the same size do not sell at the same price.
On the listings side, 8 forests and wooded properties are offered on ma-propriete.fr in Nouvelle-Aquitaine as of 2 October 2026, 2 of them in Dordogne. Their median asking price is €61,900 for a median size of about 12 ha. These asking prices apply to complete properties, often with buildings, a pond or hunting rights: they cannot be compared directly with DVF medians per hectare. To work out the full cost of a purchase, add the conveyancing fees with our notary fee calculator.
Source: DVF (French tax authority), processed by ma-propriete.fr; forests of 1 ha or more, cadastral type woodland; July 2020 to December 2025; Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin are not covered by DVF. Listings recorded on ma-propriete.fr on 2 October 2026.
Chestnut is the tree of the Périgord Vert and the Nontronnais. Grown as coppice, it supplies stakes, firewood and sometimes sawn timber; its stands are often old and should be checked for vigour before any purchase. Towards the Limousin border, on crystalline soils, it mixes with pedunculate and sessile oak, and conifer plantations begin to appear.
In the west, the Double, between the Dronne and the Isle, and the Landais, between the Isle and the Dordogne, form broad plateaus of sand and clay dominated by maritime pine and oak, with ponds scattered across the Double. These are the areas with the most genuine production forests, managed for pine with thinnings and regeneration fellings. In the south-east, the Périgord Noir offers oak, chestnut and pine on more broken terrain: the Barade forest, between Rouffignac and Thenon, familiar to French readers from the novel Jacquou le Croquant, and the Bessède, south of the Dordogne valley, are its main massifs. Near Périgueux, the state forest of Lanmary is a public landmark in a department where woodland is overwhelmingly private.
Most sales involve modest areas, the result of long-standing fragmentation among tens of thousands of owners. A wood for sale of a few hectares, chestnut or oak coppice, appeals first to neighbours and to locals who heat with wood; larger holdings are rarer and draw investors and foresters. British and northern European buyers, numerous in the Périgord, often look for a house surrounded by woodland rather than bare forest land.
In the Périgord Noir, a wood’s value may also lie in its truffle oaks or its view over the valley rather than in its timber volume. Properties geared to big game, wild boar and roe deer first, appear among our hunting estates for sale in Dordogne. The Double has many ponds, but they rarely change hands; our page of lakes and ponds for sale in Dordogne lists those on the market. The department is reached by the A89 motorway, which links Bordeaux to Brive via Périgueux, and by Bergerac airport, with flights to the United Kingdom.
Chestnut decline is the first issue to examine: ink disease, chestnut blight and drought have weakened many coppices, and a stand with dying crowns is worth little more than firewood. In the Double and the Landais, the pine woods are vulnerable to fire; as Dordogne woodland is exposed to fire risk, check the brush-clearing obligations around buildings and the condition of the forest tracks. On a maritime pine plot, also ask for the history of fellings and replanting.
Fragmentation has its own traps: unclear boundaries, landlocked plots with no legal access, rights of way never put in writing. Have the boundaries surveyed if needed, match every parcel number against the cadastral map and make sure a timber lorry can get the wood out. For a forest under 4 ha, the sale must be notified to the owners of adjoining woods, who may buy it on the same terms; combining neighbouring lots up to 20 ha then requires a management plan (plan simple de gestion). If your plans include a shelter or a house, first read our article can you build on wooded land.
Woods and forests in Dordogne on ma-propriete.fr are offered by private sellers, rural estate agents and notaires. Sort them by size or budget, receive new Périgord listings by email through an alert, or put your own forest on the market. To compare with Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne or Corrèze, see all the forests offered across Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
