A farmhouse for sale in Nord (59), a barn to convert or a smallholding with outbuildings: although largely urbanised, this department still holds, in the rural margins of the Cambrésis and the Avesnois, distinctive Flemish and Avesnois farm buildings, built in brick and sometimes timber-framed. This page brings together the farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Nord published on ma-propriete.fr: square Flemish farms, brick barns to restore, former farms with land, farm buildings close to an Avesnois village.
Below you will find the actual prices of the Nord rural market, an overview of where to look, from Flanders to the Avesnois and the Cambrésis, 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 Nord (59)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Nord (59) stood at €192,000 in 2025, with an average price of €202,949 and a median price of €1,729/m² of living space (2,388 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €94,560 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €326,720 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 116 m² of living space on an average plot of 2,233 m², i.e. around 0.2 ha.
This market is above the regional median (Hauts-de-France: €175,000) and close to the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €180,000 to €192,000, i.e. +6.7%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is -0.4%.
| 2025 indicator | Nord | Hauts-de-France | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €192,000 | €175,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €202,949 | €183,979 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €94,560 | €90,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €326,720 | €290,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,729/m² | €1,686/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 116 m² | 108 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 2,233 m² | 1,942 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 2,388 | 11,950 | 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 Nord (59) 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) * | €189,500 | €1,501/m² | +53.6% | 34 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €207,000 | €1,855/m² | +0.1% | 9,758 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €157,837 | €1,447/m² | +2.7% | 3,733 |
* 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.
On the Flemish plain, the farmhouse frequently takes the form of a square or U-shaped farm, built in red brick, with the dwelling, cowshed, stables and barn arranged around a courtyard closed by a large gate. In the more hilly Avesnois, farms come closer to Picardy and Hainaut models, in brick and blue stone. There is no mas in Nord: the term is foreign to this Flemish and Avesnois building stock. Some larger farms also feature a stepped gable end, a decorative touch inherited from Flemish urban architecture.
These often large brick barns lend themselves to conversion into a home or several gîtes, subject to local planning zoning. The attached farmland, from a few thousand square metres to several hectares of hedgerow pasture, particularly in the Avesnois, allows keeping horses or starting a small permaculture project. More recent agricultural sheds, often attached to the older buildings, can also be kept as a workshop or storage space.
In the Cambrésis, around Cambrai, Le Cateau-Cambrésis and Solesmes, along the Escaut river, the supply of farmhouses and barns to renovate remains relatively ample. The Avesnois, around Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Fourmies and Maubeuge, with its hedgerow farmland and hills, offers characterful farms at more accessible levels in the Sambre valley. Towards the Pévèle area, between Orchies and Pont-à-Marcq, supply thins out closer to the Lille metropolitan area. Inland Flanders, around Hazebrouck and Bailleul, also keeps a still-affordable Flemish building stock.
Near Lille, served by the TGV, Roubaix and Tourcoing, renovated farmhouses are rare and noticeably above the regional average. In the Avesnois and Cambrésis, further from the metropolitan area, prices remain significantly more affordable for comparable built volumes. Inland Flanders sits in between, shaped both by the metropolitan area's pull and by its proximity to the Belgian border.
Check the permitted use of the buildings: a barn zoned as agricultural land under the local plan can only be converted into housing if it is identified as eligible for a change of use. Look at the roof (Flemish tile or slate depending on the area, and possible asbestos-cement on more recent sheds), the timber frame, the drainage, and any fuel tanks or manure pits. The region's damp climate calls for extra care over the water-tightness of older roofs, particularly on the large covered areas of square-plan barns.
If farmland is included, ask about any current farm lease, common in this arable-farming department, and about the pre-emption right of the Safer. Finally, cost the renovation precisely: restoring a square Flemish farm is often a substantial investment, close to the purchase price, especially when several ranges of buildings need work and the entrance gate calls for careful restoration.
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