A smallholding for sale in Orne (61), farmhouse or barn to convert: this rural department of hedgerow farmland and the Perche region, off the main tourist routes, holds a varied building stock, from the timber-framed longère to the stone farms of the Orne Perche. This page brings together the farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Orne published on ma-propriete.fr: Norman longères with outbuildings, timber-framed barns to restore, former farms with pasture, equestrian buildings in the Perche.
Below you will find the actual prices of the Orne rural market, an overview of where to look, from the Orne bocage to the Perche and the Alençon area, 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 Orne (61)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Orne (61) stood at €139,000 in 2025, with an average price of €146,959 and a median price of €1,427/m² of living space (1,719 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €75,000 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €230,000 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 102 m² of living space on an average plot of 4,986 m², i.e. around 0.5 ha.
This market is well below the regional median (Normandy: €189,000) and well below the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €125,000 to €138,900, i.e. +11.1%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +1.4%.
| 2025 indicator | Orne | Normandy | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €139,000 | €189,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €146,959 | €197,998 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €75,000 | €100,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €230,000 | €304,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,427/m² | €1,872/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 102 m² | 106 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 4,986 m² | 3,500 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 1,719 | 14,367 | 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 Orne (61) 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) | €150,000 | €1,450/m² | +27.7% | 683 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €132,000 | €1,315/m² | +10.0% | 2,586 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €130,000 | €1,354/m² | +8.0% | 7,965 |
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 Orne hedgerow country, the farmhouse most often takes the form of a longère dwelling, timber-framed with wattle-and-daub or built in stone depending on the area, extended by a cowshed and a barn, sometimes lined up in a row. In the Perche, in the south-east of the department, grey stone and brick farms with steep roofs stand clearly apart from the Orne bocage. There is no mas in Orne: the term remains specific to the south of France. Some longères still have a cider press, a reminder of the department's living apple-growing tradition.
These buildings, often tied to a well-known tradition of horse breeding, offer volumes suited to conversion into a home or several gîtes, subject to local planning zoning. The attached farmland, from a few hectares to several dozen hectares of hedgerow pasture, naturally suits keeping horses, a historic activity in the department, or starting a permaculture project. The dense hedgerows typical of the Orne also provide welcome natural shelter for livestock and horses alike.
Around Alençon, Sées and the Orne Perche towards Mortagne-au-Perche and Bellême, the supply of longères and farms to renovate remains relatively wide. The Argentan area, at the heart of stud-farm country along the Orne river, and the Domfront area in the south-west also offer farmhouses at accessible levels. Towards Flers and the Norman bocage, traditional farms remain numerous. The Écouves forest, between Alençon and Argentan, borders an area of longères still largely unrenovated.
In the Perche, around Bellême and towards the Paris-region border, characterful farms sell for more, driven up by proximity to Paris. The deep bocage, around Domfront and Tinchebray, by contrast offers noticeably more affordable prices for comparable built volumes. The Alençon area, less than an hour from Le Mans TGV station, sits in between these two extremes.
Check the permitted use of the buildings: a barn zoned as agricultural land under the local plan can only become housing if it is identified as eligible for a change of use. Look at the roof (slate or tile depending on the area, and possible asbestos-cement on sheds), the condition of the timber frame, especially on older frames, the drainage, and any tanks or manure pits. The wattle-and-daub infill of older longères needs a specific survey before any thermal upgrade, or damp can become trapped inside the walls.
If farmland is included, ask about any current farm lease, common in this livestock-farming department, and about the pre-emption right of the Safer. Finally, cost the renovation precisely: restoring a timber-framed longère often represents an investment comparable to the purchase price, especially when the infill needs replacing over large areas or the roof structure needs partial rebuilding.
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