The département of Yonne, the northern gateway to the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, is an area where nature and silviculture play a major role. Located just one hour from Paris, this département offers a diversity of landscapes and opportunities for any investor wishing to make a forest purchase 89. Whether you are looking for a leisure area, an asset to pass on, or an economic investment, our portal guides you through the best opportunities on the market.
With a forest cover rate of around 30%, Yonne is a département firmly oriented towards the forest. This green heritage covers more than 220,000 hectares, shared between state forests, communal forests and a large proportion of private forest. This ecological and economic wealth is spread over several distinct geographical areas, offering a variety of species and stand types that is rare in France.
One of the département’s major assets is undoubtedly the Morvan forest massif. Located in the south of the département, this regional natural park is characterised by its granitic soils favourable to conifers. This is where you will mostly find Douglas plantations, the leading species for construction timber, as well as spruces and firs. For an investor seeking a dynamic production forest, the Morvan is a prime area.
Conversely, the north and centre of the département, with more calcareous or clay soils, are the realm of broadleaves. You will find magnificent oak high forests or high-quality oak woodlands for sale, intended for the production of noble timber. The Puisaye area, with its wetter soils and numerous bodies of water, offers bocage landscapes where coppice with standards mingles with stands of pedunculate oaks. It is also a highly sought-after area for timber sales in Puisaye.
Let us not forget the poplar stands in the Yonne valley. The alluvial zones along the waterways are conducive to this cultivation, which offers short and profitable production cycles, highly sought after by the peeling and packaging industries.
The forest for sale in Yonne market is structured around several urban and rural hubs. In the north, forest estate sales around Sens often attract buyers from the Paris region looking for proximity. In the east, the forests in the Tonnerre area offer vast wooded expanses on limestone plateaus, ideal for hunting and firewood production. Further south, the wooded massifs around Avallon mark the transition to the Morvan and offer properties with more pronounced relief.
This diversity makes it possible to find all types of properties: from a simple wooded plot for sale for leisure, to a large mixed broadleaf and conifer forest managed for yield. The département is also renowned for its exceptional natural heritage, home to a varied fauna that delights nature lovers.
Finding the ideal forest requires powerful tools. On ma-propriete.fr, we have designed an intuitive search engine to make your woodland purchase 89 easier. You can filter listings according to your precise criteria: location, budget, but also area in hectares. Whether you are looking for a small wood for weekends or a large hunting and forest estate, our tool guides you towards suitable properties.
Forestry investment in Burgundy requires responsiveness. Thanks to our email alert system, you are informed in real time as soon as a new listing, such as a wooded plot sale or a large forest massif, is published. This gives you a head start on a sometimes tight market.
We publish offers from both private individuals and professionals (estate agents, notaries, forest experts). Each listing is geolocated (according to the seller’s choice), enabling you to locate the property in relation to major roads or towns such as Auxerre or Joigny. You can therefore easily identify a wooded property with a pond or a plot rich in timber (oak, beech) or standing firewood (hornbeam, acacia).
Lastly, contact is made directly: the contact forms allow you to communicate with the seller without unnecessary intermediaries, to organise a viewing and discuss the specific features of the property, such as the presence of a big game hunting area (wild boar, roe deer, red deer).
Are you a landowner and wish to sell a forest in Yonne? Ma-propriete.fr is the reference portal to showcase your wooded rural land. With thousands of targeted monthly visitors, we provide maximum visibility for your listing to a qualified audience: investors, nature enthusiasts, hunters or forest investment groups.
Selling a forest requires reaching the right buyer. Whether it is a small recreational wood or a large property under a management plan, our platform attracts a variety of profiles interested in rural land investment. We publish your property not only on our site, but also through marketing campaigns and on social networks, particularly Facebook groups specialising in rural properties.
We know that discretion is sometimes essential. That is why we let you choose the level of geolocation of your listing. You can decide to reveal the exact location of your oak high forest or conifers only after an initial contact.
In addition, to reassure sellers on the market, it is useful to know the current trends. Although the price per hectare of woodland in Yonne varies according to the quality of species, accessibility and stand density, our platform enables you to position your property competitively by observing the local market. Your listing will benefit from a polished presentation highlighting the assets of your woodland, whether it is its heritage value or its forest tax relief potential for the buyer.
Beyond simply publishing listings, ma-propriete.fr supports you at every stage of your forestry project with a comprehensive ecosystem of services.
Connecting you with professionals:
Buying or managing a forest may require advanced technical skills. We make it easier for you to get in touch with a forest expert or specialised agencies to advise you on sustainable forest management, drafting a Simple Management Plan (PSG) or supervising a silvicultural operation.
Land valuation studies:
If you are unsure about the sale price or if you want to know the potential value of a property before buying, especially for an accurate forest value appraisal, we provide land analysis tools.
Guides and advice:
The forestry world has its own rules and tax system (such as tax incentive schemes or the forest investment group regime). To train yourself and carry out your project successfully, consult our many blog articles. We particularly recommend our comprehensive buying guide for forests. If your project includes a body of water, our guide on ponds will also be useful.
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