Finding a forest for sale in Centre-Val de Loire starts with choosing between several forest landscapes. Sologne, shared between Loir-et-Cher, Loiret and Cher, mixes pine, birch, oak, heathland and ponds in large estates where game matters as much as timber. The oak forests of the Orléanais, Touraine and the Berry are more geared to timber production and grow quality oak sought by coopers and joiners. West of the Beauce plain, the Perche adds its high forest and hedgerow woods. Woodland in the region is overwhelmingly privately owned, and what comes on the market ranges from a firewood plot to estates of several hundred hectares.
Here you will find woods and forests put on the market across the region’s six departments by private sellers, estate agents and notaires, followed by a price block comparing values department by department. After that come an overview of the main forest areas and the points to check before buying, starting with Sologne fencing, wildfire risk and the health of oak stands.
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 Centre-Val de Loire was €5,803/ha in 2025, across 342 sales, with an average of €6,714/ha. The regional median sits above the national median (€4,936/ha) and changed by −3.3% over the year. Over 2020-2025, 1,867 sales give a median of €5,588/ha, with an average of €6,497/ha and a median plot size of 3.2 ha. Nationally, the median was €4,936/ha in 2025.
| Department | Sales 2025 | Median price 2025 | Average price 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cher (18) | 34 | €7,276/ha* | €8,901/ha* |
| Eure-et-Loir (28) | 46 | €6,263/ha* | €6,976/ha* |
| Indre (36) | 36 | €5,058/ha* | €5,801/ha* |
| Indre-et-Loire (37) | 89 | €4,224/ha* | €5,136/ha* |
| Loir-et-Cher (41) | 70 | €6,355/ha* | €7,144/ha* |
| Loiret (45) | 67 | €7,001/ha* | €7,560/ha* |
| Centre-Val de Loire | 342 | €5,803/ha | €6,714/ha |
| France | 6,329 | €4,936/ha | €6,214/ha |
In 2025, one forest in ten sold for less than €3,000/ha in Centre-Val de Loire and one in ten for more than €11,243/ha. The cheapest sales mostly involve young coppice, landlocked or steep plots; the dearest involve harvestable high forest, leisure woods near towns or properties with a pond.
On the listings side, 12 forests and wooded properties are offered on ma-propriete.fr in Centre-Val de Loire as of 2 October 2026. Their median asking price is €1,362,500 for a median size of about 105 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.
On its sands and poorly drained clays, Sologne carries a relatively young forest, much of it the result of heathland planting carried out in the 19th century: Scots and Corsican pine, birch, pedunculate oak of variable quality, with an understorey of bracken and heather. The value of a Sologne forest estate lies less in its timber than in the whole package: a single contiguous block, ponds, game crops, a lodge or château, the quality of the shoot. Loir-et-Cher (41) holds its heart, around Romorantin-Lanthenay, Salbris and Lamotte-Beuvron; the Loiret part (45) begins on the southern outskirts of Orléans, around La Ferté-Saint-Aubin, and the Cher part (18) reaches Aubigny-sur-Nère. This is also the home ground of high estate fencing, which the 2023 law now requires to let wildlife through. Listings from the heart of Sologne appear among our forests for sale in Loir-et-Cher.
On the right bank of the Loire, the forêt d’Orléans is the biggest state forest in metropolitan France; its Orléans, Ingrannes and Lorris blocks combine sessile and pedunculate oak with Scots pine, and ospreys have been nesting there again since the mid-1980s. Further east, the Montargis state forest, dominated by oak, defines the Gâtinais. The State sells none of them, but the private woods on their fringes, part of the same forest block, share their soils and species. In Eure-et-Loir (28), the Beauce has only scattered copses; the real woodland lies in the Perche, around Senonches, and in the Drouais near Dreux. Straddling Eure-et-Loir and Orne, the Perche regional nature park protects this landscape of hedgerows and oak woods within easy reach of buyers from the Paris region.
On both sides of the Loire, Touraine and the Blésois line up state oak forests that serve as benchmarks: Chinon and Loches in Indre-et-Loire (37), Blois, Russy, Boulogne and Fréteval in Loir-et-Cher (41), not forgetting the national estate of Chambord, entirely enclosed by walls. The Gâtine tourangelle north of Tours and the plateaus between the Indre and the Cher are dotted with medium-sized private woods, often oak coppice-with-standards, bought for firewood, leisure or as a long-term investment. Red deer are abundant in these forests, which raises the cost of planting and of protecting young trees. Our woodland for sale in Indre-et-Loire reflects this variety.
Outside Sologne, Cher (18) belongs to oak, from the state high forests north of Bourges, such as Saint-Palais, to the private woods of the Pays Fort and the Boischaut; the valleys add poplar plantations. Indre (36) has two faces. In the centre, the Châteauroux and Bommiers state forests, the latter known for its tall oaks, border the Champagne berrichonne, a cereal plain with little woodland. To the west, the Brenne regional nature park combines heath, oak woods and a dense network of ponds; properties there almost always mix forest, water and game. In the south, the hedgerow country of the Boischaut mostly sells as small woods. See our forests for sale in Indre.
In Sologne, fencing comes first. Passed after years of debate over the fencing-in of Sologne estates, the act of 2 February 2023 sets rules for fences in natural areas: they must sit 30 cm above the ground and be no more than 1.20 m high, so that wildlife can pass; fences erected since 1993 have until 1 January 2027 to comply, at the owner’s expense. Get the work costed before you make an offer: our article on the fencing law and bringing fences into compliance explains the exemptions. Sologne is not immune to wildfire either: where woods are classified as at risk, statutory brush-clearing obligations (obligations légales de débroussaillement) apply around buildings in or near them; ask at the town hall. Elsewhere, look at pedunculate oak, which declines on waterlogged soils after droughts, and at ash dieback in the valleys, then get a forestry expert to estimate the standing volume. From 20 ha, the forest must be covered by a management plan (plan simple de gestion) approved by the CRPF; below 4 ha, the notaire must clear neighbouring woodland owners’ right of first refusal.
On ma-propriete.fr, every Centre-Val de Loire wood is put online by its owner, an estate agency or a notaire. Sort the listings by department, size or price, set up an email alert for the areas you are interested in, or put your own wood online. When water or game is the heart of your project, carry on with our lakes and ponds for sale in Centre-Val de Loire or the hunting properties across Centre-Val de Loire.
