A forest for sale in Lot-et-Garonne looks very different depending on whether you search in the south-west, the north-east or the valleys. South of the Garonne, around Casteljaloux, the Albret landais forms the far tip of the Landes de Gascogne forest: maritime pine, sandy soils and forestry geared to production. In the north-east, the Fumélois and the Lémance valley, extending the Périgord and the Quercy, are covered in woods mixing oak, sweet chestnut and pine. In the Garonne and Lot plains, finally, rows of poplars make up a market of their own. Most sales concern small woods and poplar plots of a few hectares, bought by neighbours, farmers, hunters or households looking for a source of firewood.
Just below, the prices recorded in the department’s sale deeds help you put a listing in context; after them come the benchmarks specific to each of these three markets and the checks to carry out before making an offer. If you are buying to pass on family assets or to invest savings, our article on the taxation of woods and forests sets out the exemption schemes and their conditions.
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 Lot-et-Garonne was €5,036/ha in 2025*, across 95 sales, with an average of €5,504/ha. That puts the department above the Nouvelle-Aquitaine median (€3,995/ha) and above the national median (€4,936/ha). Compared with 2024, the median changed by +3.4%, a movement to interpret with care given the number of sales. Over the more robust 2020-2025 period, 531 sales give a median of €4,819/ha for a median plot size of 2.5 ha.
| Indicator | Lot-et-Garonne (47) | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price 2025 | €5,036/ha* | €3,995/ha | €4,936/ha |
| Average price 2025 | €5,504/ha* | €4,688/ha | €6,214/ha |
| Number of sales 2025 | 95 | 1,450 | 6,329 |
| Change in median 2024 → 2025 | +3.4%* | +5.5% | +1.9% |
| Median price 2020-2025 | €4,819/ha | €3,684/ha | €4,778/ha |
| Number of sales 2020-2025 | 531 | 8,009 | 35,100 |
Prices vary widely: in 2025, one forest in ten sold for less than €3,000/ha in Lot-et-Garonne and one in ten for more than €9,168/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, none in Lot-et-Garonne at that date. Their median asking price is €61,900 for a median size of about 12 ha. These are advertised prices for whole properties, sometimes with a house or a pond, not recorded sale prices per hectare like those in the DVF database. Finally, remember the purchase costs, which you can estimate with our notary fee calculator.
* 30 to 99 sales: indicative value. 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.
South of the Garonne, from Casteljaloux to Houeillès and towards Pindères or Pompogne, the landscape is that of the Landes forest: even-aged maritime pine, drainage ditches, straight tracks and firebreaks. These woods are managed like those of the neighbouring department, with the same cycles of thinning and clear-felling and the same outlets in sawmilling, packaging and pulpwood; compare them with our forests for sale in Landes, on identical soils and stands. Further east, the Néracais marks the transition: the pinewood breaks up and gives way to farmed hillsides dotted with oak woods.
In the north-east, the Fumélois and the Lémance valley are among the most heavily wooded parts of the department. On steeper ground, sweet chestnut coppice provides stakes and firewood, and sometimes saw timber when it has been thinned in time; oak, of variable quality depending on the soil, grows alongside pine. Between the two rivers, the Pays de Serres, around Prayssas, Laroque-Timbaut and Beauville, is made up of narrow limestone plateaux edged with low cliffs: woodland there is confined to the slopes and valley bottoms, in plots interlocked with farmland.
The poplar plantations of the Garonne, from Marmande to Aiguillon, and those of the Lot valley towards Villeneuve-sur-Lot have long supplied the light packaging industry, particularly the making of fruit crates. Their value depends above all on the age of the trees, the cultivar planted and how regularly they have been tended: a stand close to maturity is priced on the basis of selling the standing timber, whereas a freshly harvested plot is worth mainly its soil, less the cost of replanting.
On the hillsides of the Pays de Serres, the Haut-Agenais and the Néracais, the typical woodland for sale is a small broadleaved woodland plot bought for firewood, walking or to round off a property; with land so fragmented, sales between neighbours are common. In the Albret landais, pine plots appeal more to foresters and investors. Woods where roe deer and wild boar hunting comes first are listed on our page of hunting grounds in Lot-et-Garonne, and the rare properties with a stretch of water on our page of lakes and ponds for sale in Lot-et-Garonne.
In the valleys, a large share of the poplar plantations lies in flood-prone areas: consult the flood risk prevention plan, which may restrict some works, and check the state of the banks and access routes after floods. On tree health, ask the seller about woolly poplar aphid and rust, which affect some poplar cultivars, and about the condition of the Fumélois chestnuts, exposed to chestnut blight and ink disease. In the Albret landais, the inter-departmental forest fire regulation and the brush-clearing obligations around buildings apply just as they do in Landes.
Because plots are small, the right of first refusal comes up often: whenever a wood of less than 4 ha is sold, the owners of adjoining woods must be notified and may buy at the same price. Check access too, often awkward on the slopes of the Serres and the Fumélois, and whether there is a written right of way to the public road. Finally, from 20 ha upwards a forest estate must have an approved management plan (plan simple de gestion): ask for it, together with the felling history, to judge how much timber is really left to harvest.
Woodland listings for Lot-et-Garonne on ma-propriete.fr come from private sellers, estate agents and notaires’ offices. Narrow them down by price and size, switch on an e-mail alert so you never miss a new plot, or list your own poplar plantation or wood. To compare with Dordogne, Gironde or Landes, browse our woods and forests for sale in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
