A barn for sale in Nièvre (58), farmhouse or smallholding with a few hectares: this rural department between the Loire and the Morvan, still largely untouched by mass tourism, has a diverse and often affordable stock of farm buildings, from the limestone Nivernais farmhouse to the granite farms of the Morvan. This page brings together the farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Nièvre published on ma-propriete.fr: farmhouses with a courtyard, barns to restore, former farms with pasture, buildings standing alone at the edge of a forest.
Below you will find the actual prices of the Nièvre rural market, an overview of where to look, from the Nivernais to the foothills of the Morvan, 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.
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 Nièvre (58)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Nièvre (58) stood at €100,000 in 2025, with an average price of €105,510 and a median price of €1,065/m² of living space (1,371 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €46,000 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €172,900 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 97 m² of living space on an average plot of 3,364 m², i.e. around 0.3 ha.
This market is well below the regional median (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: €157,000) and well below the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €85,000 to €100,000, i.e. +17.6%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +7.8%.
| 2025 indicator | Nièvre | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €100,000 | €157,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €105,510 | €168,680 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €46,000 | €74,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €172,900 | €279,670 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,065/m² | €1,525/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 97 m² | 108 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 3,364 m² | 2,805 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 1,371 | 11,450 | 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 Nièvre (58) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inland tourist areas (hinterland, mountains) | €85,000 | €943/m² | +19.3% | 2,513 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €110,000 | €1,157/m² | -1.8% | 2,386 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €86,940 | €964/m² | +18.8% | 3,428 |
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 Nivernais, in the north and west of the department, the farmhouse is often built around an open or semi-closed courtyard, in local limestone, with the dwelling, cowshed and barn arranged around a beaten-earth yard. In the more rugged Morvan, the farm is more modest, built in granite, sometimes standing alone in a forest clearing. There is no mas in Nièvre: this type of building remains specific to the south of France.
These buildings offer useful volumes for a renovation project: a Nivernais barn can be converted into a home or several gîtes, subject to local planning zoning and a building permit. The attached farmland, often under grass, from a few hectares to several dozen hectares, suits traditional cattle farming, horses or a permaculture project. The Charolais breed, emblematic of the area, explains why farms are often surrounded by extensive pasture.
Around Nevers, Decize and the Loire valley, the supply of farmhouses and barns to renovate remains wide and generally affordable. Towards Clamecy and Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, in the north of the department, along the Yonne and Loire rivers, former Nivernais farms sell at comparable levels. The Morvan, around Château-Chinon and Lormes, offers more remote granite farms within the regional nature park. Towards Corbigny and Saint-Saulge, on the edge of the Nivernais hedgerow country, supply also stays healthy.
Right around Nevers and along the Nevers-Decize corridor, demand pushes up prices for the best-located buildings slightly. Deep in the Morvan and the hills around Château-Chinon, distance from main roads makes it possible to find noticeably more affordable farms and barns, at the cost of sometimes harder winter access. The Nivernais Loire valley, between Nevers and Cosne, generally stays within a comparable range, without a clearly pricier area.
Check the permitted use of the buildings under the local plan: a barn zoned as agricultural land can only become housing if it appears on the list of buildings eligible for a change of use. Look at the roof (flat Burgundy tile or slate depending on the area, and possible asbestos-cement on sheds), the timber frame, individual drainage, and any tanks or manure pits to deal with before works. In the Morvan, ambient dampness calls for particular attention to the condition of the timber, especially where a building has been left unheated for a long period.
If land is included, ask about any current farm lease, still common in this livestock-farming department, and about the pre-emption right of the Safer. Finally, cost the renovation precisely: restoring a Nivernais or Morvan farm often represents a budget close to that of the purchase, particularly when access to the building requires repairing a track.
On ma-propriete.fr, filter Nièvre farms and barns by budget, built area and land area, compare properties from the Nivernais and the Morvan and track new arrivals near Nevers, Clamecy or Château-Chinon, and once you have shortlisted a few, set up an email alert to follow new listings, and extend your search to all farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
