A mas for sale in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), a Provençal bastide or a dry-stone barn to convert: this mid-mountain Provençal department offers genuine farm buildings, from the Valensole plateau to the alpine valleys. This page brings together the farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence published on ma-propriete.fr: a Provençal mas with terraced restanques, a bastide to restore, a mountain farmhouse with barn and pasture, a former stone sheepfold.
Below you will find the actual prices of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence rural market, an overview of where to look, from the Valensole plateau to the Ubaye valley, and the points to check before buying a former farm building. If your project is tourism-related, our white paper on setting up a rural gîte will help you cost it. The larger bastides in the department often have several separate building wings, which allows projects combining a main residence with gîtes.
There are no statistics dedicated to farmhouses and barns: a renovated farmhouse sells like a country house with outbuildings and land, whereas a bare barn or a farm to renovate often sells well below. The most useful benchmark therefore remains the price of country houses.
How much does a country house cost in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04) stood at €260,000 in 2025, with an average price of €267,410 and a median price of €2,745/m² of living space (553 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €154,200 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €381,754 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 101 m² of living space on an average plot of 3,465 m², i.e. around 0.3 ha.
This market is well below the regional median (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: €360,000) and well above the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €220,000 to €260,000, i.e. +18.2%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +0.0%.
| 2025 indicator | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €260,000 | €360,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €267,410 | €401,500 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €154,200 | €215,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €381,754 | €650,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €2,745/m² | €3,469/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 101 m² | 112 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 3,465 m² | 3,324 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 553 | 4,532 | 150,313 |
A departmental average hides large gaps. A smallholding to renovate, a restored longère with its outbuildings, a farmhouse on several hectares of land or a manor house with parkland do not sell at the same price, and the location matters as much as the building: coastline, tourist area, peri-urban countryside close to a job market or deep countryside. The table below shows the median price of country houses in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04) by type of municipality (cumulative sales from mid-2020 to 2025) and its change between 2021 and 2025.
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourist coastline * | €230,000 | €2,518/m² | +4.9% | 62 |
| Inland tourist areas (hinterland, mountains) | €238,500 | €2,518/m² | +11.4% | 1,370 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €276,950 | €2,899/m² | +3.0% | 714 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €254,950 | €2,559/m² | +7.7% | 1,105 |
* Between 30 and 99 sales: indicative value.
Note: in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), the municipalities classified as "coastline" have no access to the sea. They are municipalities bordering lakes of more than 1,000 hectares (or, in Eure, the Seine estuary) covered by the 1986 Loi Littoral, which also applies to such inland lakes and estuaries.
These benchmarks help you assess a listing, estimate a property before putting it up for sale, or set your budget for a holiday home or a permanent move to the French countryside. To go further, see our observatory of country house prices in France (national, regional and departmental analysis, downloadable annual report) and work out the full cost of your purchase, including French notary fees, with our notary fees calculator.
In the south and west of the department, around Forcalquier and Valensole, the Provençal mas dominates: a limestone stone building with a round-tile roof, often complemented by a larger bastide with farm outbuildings, a cowshed, stables and a shed around a courtyard. Higher up towards the Ubaye and Verdon valleys, the buildings shift towards the mountain farmhouse and stone sheepfold, with steeper roofs suited to snow.
These properties often have outbuildings already converted, or convertible, into gîtes, subject to planning zoning and a building permit. The adjoining farmland, from hillside restanques to hectares of lavender or high-altitude pasture, suits olive growing, sheep farming or a permaculture project depending on aspect.
The Valensole plateau and the Forcalquier area offer the richest choice of mas and bastides to restore, amid lavender and olive groves. Around Manosque and the Durance valley, farm properties mix with residential zones. Around Digne-les-Bains, on the foothills of the Préalpes, mountain farms are more rustic. The Ubaye valley, around Barcelonnette, and the Sisteron area, the gateway between Provence and the Alps, complete the picture. Around Castellane and the upper Verdon, mountain influences become stronger, with steeper roofs and fewer true mas among the farm buildings on offer.
Near Manosque and on the Valensole plateau, renovated mas sell clearly above the departmental average. Around Sisteron, Digne-les-Bains or the Ubaye valley, at higher altitude, farms and barns to renovate remain more affordable. The Riez area, between Valensole and the Verdon, adds mid-sized mas to the choice, less sought after than those at the heart of the plateau.
Check the permitted use of the buildings: a barn or sheepfold in an agricultural zone of the local plan can only be converted into a home if it is identified as eligible for a change of use. Look at the roof (round tiles typical of Provence, often asbestos-cement sheets on more recent agricultural sheds), the timber frame, exposed to both summer heat and altitude frost, and the drainage on these remote properties.
If working farmland or restanques are included, ask about any current farm lease and the pre-emption right of the Safer. Finally, cost the renovation, especially for larger mas and bastides, whose restoration frequently costs as much as buying them. Finally, repeated summer drought makes it essential to check the water supply, often provided by a private well or borehole on these isolated properties.
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