Looking for a country house for sale in Aisne (02)? Between the Thiérache bocage, the Laonnois and the Soissonnais, the department offers varied rural architecture: a Picardy farmhouse in brick and stone, a timber-framed Thiérache longère under slate, a stone village house in the Aisne and Marne valleys. This page brings together the country houses for sale in Aisne published on ma-propriete.fr by private sellers, estate agents and notaries.
To help you decide, we present the actual prices of country houses in Aisne (notarised sales 2020-2025), the areas worth knowing from Laon to Château-Thierry, and the criteria that determine the value of a house in the countryside. Our complete guide to buying a country house in France completes these benchmarks, from surveying an old building to financing.
How much does a country house cost in Aisne (02)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Aisne (02) stood at €139,000 in 2025, with an average price of €142,076 and a median price of €1,356/m² of living space (2,139 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €70,000 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €220,000 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 106 m² of living space on an average plot of 1,915 m², i.e. around 0.2 ha.
This market is well below the regional median (Hauts-de-France: €175,000) and well below the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €130,000 to €139,000, i.e. +6.9%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +5.3%.
| 2025 indicator | Aisne | Hauts-de-France | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €139,000 | €175,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €142,076 | €183,979 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €70,000 | €90,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €220,000 | €290,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,356/m² | €1,686/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 106 m² | 108 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 1,915 m² | 1,942 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 2,139 | 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 Aisne (02) 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) * | €126,000 | €1,220/m² | +26.4% | 51 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €145,000 | €1,409/m² | +2.1% | 7,300 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €123,110 | €1,188/m² | +6.7% | 5,784 |
* 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.
In the Laonnois and Soissonnais areas, the country house often appears in brick and limestone, under flat-tile or slate roofs depending on the village. In Thiérache, a damp bocage region, the traditional longère combines brick, blue stone and half-timbering, with steeply pitched slate roofs suited to frequent rain; the nearby fortified churches show the same use of local brick and stone. Around Guise and Vervins in Thiérache, block farmhouses combine the dwelling and farm buildings under a single roofline, a layout inherited from dairy farming. Around Laon, beige limestone rubble dominates, sometimes edged with brick quoining at the corners of the façade.
The land around these houses frequently includes an apple orchard, an enclosed garden and agricultural outbuildings (barn, shed, former cowshed), a legacy of the region's livestock farming. Many properties sit in a hamlet or just outside a village, preserving peace and quiet without total isolation. Communal ponds, once used to water livestock, still punctuate some Thiérache villages and add to the charm of these bocage hamlets. A poorly maintained outbuilding, especially a cracked slate roof, can lead to costly water infiltration. A number of these outbuildings still house old cider presses, a reminder of the area's orchards.
Thiérache, around Vervins, Hirson and Guise, offers the most affordable country houses in the department, amid meadows and hedgerows. The Laonnois, around Laon and its cathedral, and the Chemin des Dames, combine rural calm with access to the Aisne valley. Towards Saint-Quentin and the Somme valley, the building style resembles that of neighbouring Picardy. Around Château-Thierry, vine-covered hillsides already announce the Champagne vineyards and push prices upward. Saint-Quentin, linked to Paris by regional train, anchors a more urban employment area in the north-west of the department.
In the south of the department, the Marne valley around Château-Thierry touches the first Champagne hillsides and sees firmer prices, while the Soissonnais and the Tardenois, more rural, remain notably more affordable for a stone house with land. The Tardenois area, between Fère-en-Tardenois and Braine, keeps a rural stone or millstone-grit architecture at moderate prices, while the Soissonnais, closer to the Aisne valley, attracts buyers seeking a balance between calm and access to Soissons.
Proximity to Paris by regional train and to the TGV station in Reims, just across the department's south-eastern border, matters around Fismes and Château-Thierry. The condition of the building remains decisive: a timber-framed Thiérache longère requires particular attention to damp and roof watertightness, while a Picardy brick house calls for checking the mortar joints and insulation. Clay shrink-swell risk is worth watching in some silty parts of the Soissonnais, best checked through the natural-hazard disclosure included in the sale file. Thiérache's block farmhouses, often sizeable, also mean higher overall upkeep costs than a simple village house. Fismes, halfway between Reims and Soissons, offers a further, more affordable option for commuters.
Also check the private drainage system, common in rural areas, the local planning zoning for any extension project, fibre-optic coverage for remote working, and the energy rating, often in need of improvement on unrenovated old houses. Flood risk linked to the Aisne, Vesle or Marne rivers deserves checking for properties on the valley floor, notably around Soissons and Château-Thierry.
On ma-propriete.fr, filter Aisne country houses by budget, living space and land area, set up an email alert so you never miss a new listing, and if needed widen your search to all country houses for sale in Hauts-de-France. Comparing several villages side by side, from the Thiérache bocage to the Marne valley, often reveals a wide price gap for a similar stone house with land.
