A farmhouse & barn for sale in Saône-et-Loire (71), a timber-frame Bresse farmhouse or a stone Charolais barn to renovate: this department, spanning several distinct farming areas, offers a strongly contrasted stock of rural buildings. This page brings together the farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Saône-et-Loire published on ma-propriete.fr: timber-frame and brick Bresse farmhouses, stone Charolais farmhouses with a cowshed, Clunisois barns with land.
Below you will find the actual prices of the Saône-et-Loire rural market, an overview of where to look, from the Bresse to the Charolais-Brionnais, 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.
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 Saône-et-Loire (71)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Saône-et-Loire (71) stood at €160,000 in 2025, with an average price of €168,705 and a median price of €1,564/m² of living space (2,691 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €80,000 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €272,400 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 108 m² of living space on an average plot of 3,752 m², i.e. around 0.4 ha.
This market is close to 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 €135,585 to €160,000, i.e. +18.0%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +5.3%.
| 2025 indicator | Saône-et-Loire | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €160,000 | €157,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €168,705 | €168,680 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €80,000 | €74,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €272,400 | €279,670 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,564/m² | €1,525/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 108 m² | 108 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 3,752 m² | 2,805 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 2,691 | 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 Saône-et-Loire (71) 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) | €129,900 | €1,314/m² | +17.3% | 904 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €175,000 | €1,695/m² | +12.4% | 6,619 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €135,050 | €1,374/m² | +12.0% | 8,903 |
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 Bresse area, the traditional farmhouse combines timber frame, brick and a poultry shed, often topped with a tall Saracen chimney. In the Charolais-Brionnais, farms are built in limestone, with a large cowshed tied to cattle farming and an attached barn. Towards the Clunisois and Mâconnais, buildings mix golden stone and tile, close to vineyard farms. There are no mas in Saône-et-Loire.
These buildings lend themselves to conversion into a home or gîtes, subject to planning zoning and a change of use for barns classed as agricultural. The adjoining land, frequently hectares of Charolais pasture, suits cattle farming, horses or a permaculture project.
The Burgundy Bresse, around Louhans and Cuiseaux, has the widest choice of timber-frame farms and agricultural sheds. The Charolais-Brionnais, towards Charolles, Paray-le-Monial and La Clayette, offers numerous stone farmhouses with extensive pasture. The Clunisois, around Cluny and Cormatin, offers more sought-after buildings, close to the Mâconnais vineyards.
Around Mâcon and Chalon-sur-Saône, renovated farmhouses become scarce and sell well above the departmental average. In the more rural areas of the Charolais, further from main routes, supply stays plentiful and more affordable.
Check the permitted use of the building under the agricultural zone of the local plan: a farm barn can only become a home if it is listed for a change of use. Check the roof (tile, but also asbestos-cement on Charolais sheds), the timber frame and the drainage, often needing upgrading on isolated farms.
If farmland is included, ask about any current farm lease, common on large Charolais holdings, and about the pre-emption right of the Safer. Finally, cost the renovation carefully, particularly for sheds and manure pits needing to be brought up to standard.
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