Between vineyards, lakes and the Haut-Jura, a maison de maître for sale in Jura is the home of prosperous winegrowers in Arbois and Poligny, of pipe and spectacle makers in the Haut-Jura, of the notables of Dole and Lons-le-Saunier, with its symmetrical limestone façade and tall windows. This section goes beyond that single model: it gathers all the fine residences of the department, winegrowers' houses, lakeside villas, architect-designed houses, large chalets, contemporary properties, whenever the property exceeds 300 m² or its price nears a million euros and it is neither a chateau, nor a manor house, nor a historic monument. Below, the maisons de maître and fine residences for sale offered by private owners, agencies and notaries in Jura.
You will see here the profile of the large residences currently on sale, real price benchmarks, Jura building traditions, the areas between the Bresse, the Revermont and the mountains, and the precautions to take before buying, especially in the vineyards and near the lakes. To structure your search, read the guide to buying prestige property in France. It also explains how to read the value of a house sold with a cellar, winery or press, a common feature in the Jura vineyards.
Maisons de maître form the core of the segment tracked by our observatory: houses with more than 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha, sold above €1,000 per m², recorded in the DVF database of the French tax administration. These benchmarks frame the market for large residences without describing it entirely: a small village bourgeois house or a chateau sold with 30 ha of parkland fall outside this scope.
The local market is too thin to publish a reliable department-level benchmark (17 sales in five years): we give the figures for the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Across the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, the 2025 median stands at €590,000* (43 sales), against €822,000 in France in 2025 (981 sales).
| Scope | Sales | Median price | Floor – ceiling (P10–P90) | €/m² living space (median) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (2025) | 43 | €590,000* | €385,000 – €1,004,000 | 1,714 |
| France (2025) | 981 | €822,000 | €428,000 – €3,100,000 | 2,308 |
The breakdown by stratum (coastal, rural tourist, ordinary rural) and the five-year trend are in our observatory of prestige property prices in France (in French). Before making an offer, work out purchase costs and borrowing capacity with our financial tools and calculators.
Source: DVF (DGFiP), transactions from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025, processed by ma-propriete.fr; prices rounded to the nearest €100. * Fewer than 100 sales: read as an indication only.
As of 28 September 2026, the section lists 267 properties in France (the section does not yet have enough listings in Jura for a reliable calculation) at a median asking price of €978,000 (average €1,520,334); 80% of properties are offered between €485,000 and €2,750,000, for a median living space of 372 m² on 1.0 hectare of land, or €2,864 per m² of living space. These are asking prices, before negotiation; they compare with the actual sale prices in the previous section, which are generally lower.
| Asking price | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| under €500,000 | 33 | 12 % |
| €500,000 to €800,000 | 58 | 22 % |
| €800,000 to €1.2M | 70 | 26 % |
| €1.2M to €2M | 67 | 25 % |
| €2M to €5M | 31 | 12 % |
| over €5M | 8 | 3 % |
Statistics calculated on the listings published in the section on 28 September 2026; they change daily with new listings and withdrawals.
The Revermont and the vineyard area build in pale limestone, with large vaulted cellars beneath the house, wooden or iron balconies and roofs of flat or canal tiles. The Jura Bresse has its brick-and-timber houses, while the Haut-Jura, around Saint-Claude and Morez, keeps timber-clad façades and roofs of wooden shingles or sheet metal on former manufacturers' houses. Around Lake Vouglans and Lake Chalain, contemporary villas and architect-designed houses enjoy open views, and Dole preserves many bourgeois houses of the eighteenth century.
Service buildings, barns, storehouses, wine presses, dovecotes and parks planted with lime trees accompany many residences, and interiors combine stoves, fireplaces, fir panelling, parquet floors and high ceilings. Vaulted cellars, sometimes running the full length of the house, are a hallmark of winegrowers' building. Wooden balconies and galleries, so typical of village houses, age badly without regular treatment, and restoring them is often among the first jobs to plan.
The Arbois vineyards, from Poligny to Château-Chalon, gather much-sought-after winegrowers' houses and village residences, often with views over the blind valleys. Dole, birthplace of Pasteur, and the banks of the Doubs offer maisons de maître a few minutes from the station; Lons-le-Saunier, Champagnole and Salins-les-Bains have more affordable bourgeois residences, and the Lakes district draws second-home buyers. The Haut-Jura, from Saint-Claude to Morez, remains the most accessible area.
Dole station is served by TGVs; the A39 motorway crosses Dole and Lons-le-Saunier, and the A36 leads to Besançon and Mulhouse. Eastwards, Switzerland is reached via Saint-Claude and the Haut-Jura. Second-home buyers readily choose the lakes and Arbois, remote workers appreciate Dole for its rail access, and mountain lovers head up towards Les Rousses and Saint-Claude.
Many fine residences in the vineyard area are sold with vines or production cellars: the SAFER's pre-emption right, the appellation classification and long-term leases are handled separately from the house. The karst of the First Plateau and the Haut-Jura produces sinkholes, springs and cavities that call for a ground survey, and radon is common in the range. Roofs of wooden shingles or stone slabs, fir roof frames and vaulted cellars need a precise inspection before any offer.
Near lakes and rivers, risk prevention plans limit extensions and jetties; in the mountains, the Mountain Law governs urbanisation. In the heritage sites of Arbois, Dole or Salins, the Architecte des Bâtiments de France is consulted. A recent villa must be checked for its consents, its pool and its warranties. Have the heating installation checked, often wood or oil in large houses, and ask for insulation quotes before fixing your final budget.
Private owners, agencies and notaries in Jura publish their maisons de maître and fine residences on ma-propriete.fr; cross budget, living space, land and outbuildings to narrow the list, then create an e-mail alert. To widen the view to Doubs, Saône-et-Loire or Haute-Saône, browse the maisons de maître and fine residences for sale in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Each listing indicates the outbuildings, the land and the diagnostics supplied, and photographs of the cellars and roof spaces are often included so that you can judge the condition before travelling.
