From the Sénonais to the Tonnerrois, a maison de maître for sale in Yonne is the residence built by the wine merchants of Auxerre, the floated-timber traders of Joigny and the notaries of Sens: dressed pale stone, tall windows, front steps, a Mansard roof or flat Burgundy tiles. This section goes beyond that historic frame and gathers all the fine residences of the department, bourgeois houses, gentilhommières of the Puisaye, prosperous winegrowers' houses, villas and architect-designed properties, provided the living space exceeds 300 m² or the price nears a million euros and the property is neither a chateau, nor a manor house, nor a historic monument. Browse below the maisons de maître and fine residences for sale posted by private owners, agencies and notaries of Yonne.
The page presents the profile of the large residences currently offered, price benchmarks drawn from real sales, the particularities of local building, the areas between the Yonne, the Cure and the Puisaye, and the checks to make before buying, notably around the Chablis vineyards and old cellars. Find the full method in our guide to buying prestige property in France. Particular attention is paid to distance from Paris and from the railway stations, a central criterion for second-home buyers coming for the Sénonais as much as for the Auxerrois.
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 Yonne, 42 sales were recorded from 2021 to 2025, with a median price of €462,500*, a floor/ceiling range (P10–P90) of €371,100 to €693,200 and a median of €1,375/m² of living space, for an average of 351 m² of living space and 9,938 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yonne (2021-2025) | 42 | €462,500* | €371,100 – €693,200 | 1,375 |
| 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 Yonne 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.
Yonne builds in limestone, from the blond of Tonnerre and Chablis to the grey of the Avallonnais, with dressed façades, moulded cornices and roofs of flat tiles or slate. The maisons de maître of Sens, Joigny and Auxerre line the river or the old ramparts; the Puisaye, around Saint-Fargeau and Toucy, favours brick, timber framing and ferruginous sandstone, which colour its gentilhommières and bourgeois houses. Along the Yonne and the Burgundy canal, holiday villas from the early twentieth century stand beside recent architect-designed houses and contemporary properties with pools on the edge of Auxerre.
In the vineyards, the vaulted vat house, the multi-level cellar and the well-off winegrower's house form a coherent whole. Walled parks, orangeries, dovecotes and caretakers' cottages complete the estates, and many interiors have kept their original fireplaces, panelling and parquet floors. The hipped roofs and stone dormers seen so often on merchants' houses are elements of charm that require regular upkeep of the flashings and gutters.
The Sénonais, around Sens and Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, appeals to Parisians because it lies close to the capital's conurbation. Auxerre and the slopes of the Auxerrois, from Irancy to Coulanges-la-Vineuse, concentrate merchants' houses and winegrowers' residences, while Chablis, Tonnerre and Ancy-le-Franc form a quieter Tonnerrois. To the south, Avallon and Vézelay, whose basilica and hill are World Heritage listed, open onto the Morvan and onto more restrained prices; the Puisaye, from Toucy to Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, remains the most affordable part of the department.
There is no TGV station in Yonne: Sens, Laroche-Migennes and Auxerre are linked to Paris by Intercités and TER trains, the A6 motorway serves Joigny and Auxerre, and the A5 and A19 pass close to Sens. For year-round family life, Auxerre and Sens have the schools, shops and health services, whereas the Serein and Cure valleys suit a weekend residence better.
The valleys of the Yonne, the Armançon and the Serein are subject to flood-risk prevention plans that condition the extension of a riverside house. The limestone subsoil hides cellars, underground quarries and sometimes cavities: a ground survey is prudent before any earthworks or pool. Around Vézelay, Sens and Auxerre, the surroundings of protected buildings and the remarkable heritage sites require the opinion of the Architecte des Bâtiments de France, even for a simple window frame or fence.
When a house is sold with vines in Chablis or Irancy, the SAFER, farm tenancies and the appellation enter the negotiation. In the Puisaye, clay soils cause cracks that need watching. For a contemporary villa, ask for the consents of the extensions and any ten-year warranties still open. Ask for the diagnostics file, the sewage certificate and the property's claims history, then compare roofing quotes before settling on your offer.
Private owners, agencies and notaries publish their maisons de maître and fine residences in Yonne on ma-propriete.fr; sorting by budget, living space, land and outbuildings quickly narrows the selection, and the e-mail alert flags each new arrival. To look at Côte-d'Or, Nièvre or Jura as well, browse the maisons de maître and fine residences for sale in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Each listing states the outbuildings, the nature of the land and the diagnostics available.
