Between the Saône, the Bresse and the Morvan, a maison de maître for sale in Saône-et-Loire changes its face with the terroir: the well-off winegrower's house of the Mâconnais, the Charolais maison de maître in brick and golden stone, the notable's home in Cluny or Tournus, the residence of the managers of the Le Creusot works. This section does not stop there and gathers all the fine residences of the department, country houses, villas on the banks of the Saône, architect-designed properties, large town houses, whenever the house exceeds 300 m² or the price nears a million euros, excluding chateaux, manor houses and historic monuments. Here are the maisons de maître and fine residences for sale offered by private owners, agencies and notaries in Saône-et-Loire.
You will find the profile of the large residences currently for sale, real price benchmarks, an introduction to building in the Mâconnais, Chalonnais, Brionnais and Bresse, the areas to target and the points to check before an offer. The guide to buying prestige property in France accompanies each stage, from search to signature. It also explains how houses divide between main homes, second homes and hospitality projects, since uses differ so much between Mâcon, Cluny and the Charolais.
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.
In Saône-et-Loire, 61 sales were recorded from 2021 to 2025, with a median price of €512,000*, a floor/ceiling range (P10–P90) of €348,600 to €825,000 and a median of €1,437/m² of living space, for an average of 371 m² of living space and 13,807 m² of land. 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saône-et-Loire (2021-2025) | 61 | €512,000* | €348,600 – €825,000 | 1,437 |
| 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 Saône-et-Loire 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 Mâconnais and the Clunisois build in golden limestone under round or canal tile roofs that foreshadow the south, while the Burgundian Bresse, around Louhans, uses brick, timber framing and large hipped roofs on its farms and bourgeois houses. The Brionnais and the Charolais add spacious stone maisons de maître built for cattle breeders; in Le Creusot, Montceau-les-Mines and Chalon-sur-Saône, the fine residences of industrialists and merchants are arranged around landscaped parks. On the banks of the Saône and at the gates of Mâcon, contemporary villas and architect-designed houses offer a pool and a view over the valley.
Service buildings, stone barns, wine cellars, dovecotes, caretakers' cottages and orangeries belong to these estates. Inside, fireplaces, panelling, oak parquet floors, stone staircases and generous ceiling height are the signs of careful building. Round-tile roofs age well but need regular inspection of ridges, verges and gutters, particularly after the violent storms of the Mâconnais.
The Mâconnais, from Cluny to Solutré and Pouilly-Fuissé, brings together winegrowers' houses, village residences and fine views over the rock outcrops, with a clientele from Lyon and Switzerland. The Côte Chalonnaise, around Mercurey, Rully and Givry, offers wine merchants' houses, and Tournus and Chalon-sur-Saône have bourgeois residences near the Saône. Autun, at the gates of the Morvan, and the Charolais, around Charolles and Paray-le-Monial, present more accessible houses; the Bresse around Louhans remains the most affordable.
The department has two TGV stations, Le Creusot TGV and Mâcon-Loché TGV, which bring Paris and Lyon closer to Cluny, the Mâconnais and the Charolais. The A6 motorway runs along the Saône, the A40 reaches Geneva from Mâcon and the RCEA crosses the Charolais from Mâcon to Digoin. Buyers who work in Lyon or Geneva favour Mâcon and the south of the department, whereas guest-house projects gravitate towards Cluny, Tournus and the heights of the Clunisois.
The plain of the Saône and the Seille is covered by flood-risk prevention plans that restrict extensions in red or blue zones, to be checked commune by commune. Around Le Creusot and Montceau-les-Mines, former mines leave subsidence risks that appear in the risk statement handed over by the notary. Bresse clays cause cracks and foundation problems; in the Mâconnais, golden stone and round-tile roofs call for a check of the tie-bands and roof frames.
On the hills of Cluny, Tournus and Solutré, the surroundings of protected buildings and listed sites subject work to the opinion of the Bâtiments de France. When a house is sold with vines, the appellation, the SAFER and current tenancies are negotiated along with the property. On a recent villa, check the consents for the extensions, the pool and the upkeep costs of the park. Have a professional check the state of roof frames and floors, then compare the cost of an energy renovation with the real performance shown in the diagnostic.
Maisons de maître and fine residences in Saône-et-Loire are advertised on ma-propriete.fr by private owners, agencies and notaries; combine price, living space, land and outbuildings to target your search, then switch on the e-mail alert. Torn between two departments? Compare with the maisons de maître and fine residences for sale in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Every listing details outbuildings, land and available diagnostics.
