At the foot of Mont Ventoux, among the vines of Châteauneuf-du-Pape or on the slopes of the Luberon, the maison de maître for sale in Vaucluse is recognised by its blond stone, its channel-tile roof and its painted shutters, but also by the plane trees and cypresses that shelter it from the mistral. Here the section widens to bastides, mas, the town mansions of Avignon and Carpentras, contemporary villas and architect-designed houses: it lists all the fine residences of the department as soon as the living space exceeds 300 m² or the price approaches a million euros and the property is neither a chateau, nor a manor house, nor a historic monument. See the maisons de maître and fine residences for sale posted by private owners, agencies and notaries in Vaucluse.
This page provides real price benchmarks, the profile of houses on sale, the characteristics of building between the Rhône and the Durance, the most requested areas and the points of vigilance specific to Vaucluse: fires, floods, water and landscape protections. The guide to buying prestige property in France completes the preparation of your purchase. Listings state the aspect and the view.
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 Vaucluse, 119 sales were recorded from 2021 to 2025, with a median price of €1,251,800, a floor/ceiling range (P10–P90) of €711,700 to €2,652,200 and a median of €3,402/m² of living space, for an average of 386 m² of living space and 17,006 m² of land. Across the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, the 2025 median stands at €2,520,000 (151 sales), against €822,000 in France in 2025 (981 sales).
| Scope | Sales | Median price | Floor – ceiling (P10–P90) | €/m² living space (median) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaucluse (2021-2025) | 119 | €1,251,800 | €711,700 – €2,652,200 | 3,402 |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (2025) | 151 | €2,520,000 | €1,002,000 – €5,800,000 | 6,914 |
| 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.
As of 28 September 2026, the section lists 12 properties in Vaucluse at a median asking price of €1,700,000 (average €1,888,075); 80% of properties are offered between €892,000 and €2,990,000, for a median living space of 350 m² on 2.0 hectares of land, or €4,367 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 | 1 | 8 % |
| €800,000 to €1.2M | 3 | 25 % |
| €1.2M to €2M | 4 | 33 % |
| €2M to €5M | 4 | 33 % |
Statistics calculated on the listings published in the section on 28 September 2026; they change daily with new listings and withdrawals.
The Luberon limestone, quarried around Bonnieux, Lacoste and Ménerbes, clads warm façades, punctuated by tiled eaves courses and regular openings. The bastide differs from the mas by its symmetry and its avenue of plane trees; the mas, more rustic, unfolds around a courtyard. In Avignon, Carpentras and L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century town mansions offer balustraded staircases and secret gardens. Around Roussillon, ochre tints the renders, and the recent villas of Gordes or Lourmarin play with glass and dry stone. Tiled eaves courses of one, two or three rows signal the standing of the house and its date of construction.
Outbuildings are many: bories, a dovecote, a cabanon, a caretaker's cottage, an olive grove, a pond, a pool and a pool house. Interiors mix terracotta floor tiles, fireplaces, stone vaults and ceilings with painted joists. Hinged shutters, vine arbours and stone basin fountains make up the outdoor décor, and boundary walls shelter the garden from the wind.
The Luberon, from Gordes to Lourmarin via Ménerbes, Bonnieux and Roussillon, is the most sought-after and most expensive area. The Sorgue country, around L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Le Thor and Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, completes the offer. The foot of the Ventoux, from Bédoin to Malaucène, and the Dentelles de Montmirail, with Gigondas and Beaumes-de-Venise, combine wine estates and charming residences. Orange, Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Vaison-la-Romaine appeal to heritage enthusiasts, while the Comtat around Carpentras, the Sault plateau and Pertuis remain more accessible. The hamlets of Lacoste, Buoux and Saignon, quieter, attract those who prefer the calm of the small valleys to the bustle of famous villages.
Avignon TGV puts Paris about two hours forty away and Marseille under an hour; Avignon-Provence airport serves a few destinations, and the A7 and A9 frame the department. Apt and Cavaillon serve as service towns, with markets, schools and a hospital, which reassures families living there year-round.
The Luberon, Ventoux and Monts de Vaucluse massifs impose brush clearing around houses, on pain of penalties, and some communes restrict forest access in summer. Floods of the Ouvèze, the Sorgue and the Durance have justified numerous flood prevention plans: a ground floor or cellar may be hit by restrictions. Clays shrink in summer and crack old mas; any earlier natural-disaster order can be read in the risk statement. Dry-stone walls and agricultural terraces demand regular upkeep, a cost that adds to the renovation budget.
The Luberon and Ventoux regional nature parks, classified sites and monument surroundings govern façades, fences, pools and lighting. Finally, check the water connection, the usage restrictions during droughts and the compliance of extensions, particularly a pool built without a declaration. A bastide built for a family that has since split the inheritance may also carry co-ownership rights to clear at the notary's.
The fine residences of Vaucluse, bastides and mas included, are published on ma-propriete.fr by owners, agencies and notaries. Refine by budget, living space, land and outbuildings, then create an e-mail alert for every new listing. To compare Vaucluse with Drôme, the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence or the Var, browse the maisons de maître and fine residences for sale in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The town filter makes it simple to compare the Luberon with the Comtat.
