A mas for sale in Bouches-du-Rhône (13), a bastide or a Provençal farmhouse: this iconic Provence department, spanning the Alpilles, the Crau plain and the Camargue, is the natural home of the stone, canal-tile mas. This page brings together the farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Bouches-du-Rhône published on ma-propriete.fr: an Alpilles mas with outbuildings and courtyard, a bastide near Aix awaiting restoration, a Crau or Camargue mas with farmland.
Below you will find the actual prices of the Bouches-du-Rhône rural market, an overview of where to look, from the Alpilles to the Camargue, and the points to check before buying a former farm building. For a tourism project, our white paper on setting up a rural gîte will help you cost it. This market appeals both to farmers or winegrowers looking for a working estate and to buyers drawn to the Provençal setting of the Alpilles.
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 Bouches-du-Rhône (13)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Bouches-du-Rhône (13) stood at €470,700 in 2025, with an average price of €516,457 and a median price of €4,310/m² of living space (545 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €300,000 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €817,072 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 118 m² of living space on an average plot of 3,383 m², i.e. around 0.3 ha.
This market is well above 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 €434,780 to €470,700, i.e. +8.3%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +0.1%.
| 2025 indicator | Bouches-du-Rhône | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €470,700 | €360,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €516,457 | €401,500 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €300,000 | €215,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €817,072 | €650,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €4,310/m² | €3,469/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 118 m² | 112 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 3,383 m² | 3,324 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 545 | 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 Bouches-du-Rhône (13) 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 * | €552,070 | €5,900/m² | -9.8% | 33 |
| Residential coastline | €535,175 | €5,097/m² | -2.8% | 234 |
| Inland tourist areas (hinterland, mountains) | €544,839 | €4,707/m² | +29.3% | 208 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €470,000 | €4,205/m² | +4.6% | 2,208 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €405,000 | €3,746/m² | -0.5% | 618 |
* Between 30 and 99 sales: indicative value.
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.
The Provençal mas, built of limestone under canal tiles, is arranged around a closed courtyard, with a cowshed, stables and sometimes a more recent farm shed for equipment. The bastide, more refined and often closer to towns, refers to a manor house with its farm outbuildings. In the Camargue, buildings are frequently sold with farmland or wet pasture linked to bull or horse breeding.
These often large buildings lend themselves to conversion into a main home, several gîtes or an equestrian centre, subject to planning zoning. The attached land, from a few thousand square metres to several hectares, strongly shapes both the price and the possible project. Some mas still have an original well, bread oven or silkworm house, features that add value while calling for heritage-conscious care during any work.
Around the Alpilles, between Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Eygalières and Maussane-les-Alpilles, mas and bastides are numerous but much sought after. Towards Aix-en-Provence and the Aix area, farm buildings are becoming scarce under urban pressure. In the Camargue, around Arles and Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, isolated mas with land remain more affordable. Towards Salon-de-Provence and the Crau, large arable and fodder farms dominate. The Aix-en-Provence TGV station and Marseille-Provence airport make access easy for buyers coming from other regions or abroad, a factor that keeps demand strong.
The most affordable areas lie in the Crau plain and deep in the Camargue, away from the Alpilles. Conversely, renovated mas in the Alpilles and the Aix area trade noticeably above the department's rural average.
Check the permitted use of the building under the local planning zoning: in an agricultural zone, a change of use is only allowed if the mas or outbuilding is identified as convertible into housing. Examine the canal-tile roof, any asbestos-cement sheeting on sheds, the timber frame and the drainage, often not connected to mains in rural areas.
Where farmland is included, ask about any current farm lease and about the pre-emption right of the Safer, active in this agricultural department. Renovating a large stone mas can cost at least as much as the purchase itself. Provence's dry summer climate also means checking the wildfire exposure of outbuildings and attached land before any project.
On ma-propriete.fr, filter Bouches-du-Rhône mas and farmhouses by budget, built area and land area, set up an email alert to follow new listings, and extend your search to all farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Notary offices in Aix, very active in this high-value market, usefully complement listings from private sellers for this sought-after type of property.
