Looking for a country house for sale in Bouches-du-Rhône (13)? Between the Alpilles hills, the Camargue and the Sainte-Victoire massif, the department offers one of the most sought-after rural housing markets in the south of France: a stone Provençal mas under a canal-tile roof, a bastide with an inner courtyard, a gardian's cottage in the Camargue. This page brings together the country houses for sale in Bouches-du-Rhône 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 Bouches-du-Rhône (notarised sales 2020-2025), the areas worth knowing from Aix-en-Provence to Salon-de-Provence, and the criteria that determine the value of a Provençal mas. 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 Bouches-du-Rhône (13)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Bouches-du-Rhône (13) stood at €470,700 in 2025, with an average price of €516,457 and a median price of €4,310/m² of living space (545 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €300,000 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €817,072 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 118 m² of living space on an average plot of 3,383 m², i.e. around 0.3 ha.
This market is well above the regional median (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: €360,000) and well above the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €434,780 to €470,700, i.e. +8.3%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +0.1%.
| 2025 indicator | Bouches-du-Rhône | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €470,700 | €360,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €516,457 | €401,500 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €300,000 | €215,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €817,072 | €650,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €4,310/m² | €3,469/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 118 m² | 112 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 3,383 m² | 3,324 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 545 | 4,532 | 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 Bouches-du-Rhône (13) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourist coastline * | €552,070 | €5,900/m² | -9.8% | 33 |
| Residential coastline | €535,175 | €5,097/m² | -2.8% | 234 |
| Inland tourist areas (hinterland, mountains) | €544,839 | €4,707/m² | +29.3% | 208 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €470,000 | €4,205/m² | +4.6% | 2,208 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €405,000 | €3,746/m² | -0.5% | 618 |
* 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.
The Provençal mas is the archetype of the local country house: a building in Alpilles limestone or Crau river-worn stone, oriented to shelter from the mistral wind, with few openings on the thick north- and west-facing walls, and a shallow-pitched canal-tile roof laid in a double layer for insulation. Around Aix-en-Provence, Eygalières and the Alpilles, the bastide, more imposing, with an inner courtyard, sometimes a dovecote and a fountain, is highly sought after, particularly in hilltop villages such as Les Baux-de-Provence or Fontvieille. In the Camargue, the gardian's cottage, low, whitewashed and traditionally roofed with woven reed thatch, is a rural housing type unique in France, today almost always converted into a characterful home.
The land attached is often planted with century-old olive trees, almonds or fruit orchards, with a water-wise Mediterranean garden, sometimes bordered by umbrella-pine woodland or holm-oak scrubland. Outbuildings (a covered summer dining area, cabanon, tool shed, sometimes a former sheepfold) frequently complete these properties, along with a well or irrigation pond inherited from the traditional Craponne canal network. A dry-stone shepherd's hut, known locally as a borie, is an occasional bonus feature on the larger plots.
Around Aix-en-Provence, served by its own TGV station, and the Alpilles (Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Maussane-les-Alpilles, Eygalières), the Provençal mas reaches the highest prices in the department, clearly above the regional average, driven by demand for second homes and an international clientele. The area around Sainte-Victoire, towards Rousset, Puyloubier and Le Tholonet, combines the mountain's Cézanne-painted scenery with proximity to Aix. Salon-de-Provence and the more agricultural Crau plain offer a more affordable compromise, between Crau hay farms and quick access to the A7 and A54 motorways.
The Camargue, around Arles, Le Sambuc and Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, offers a distinctive setting of rice fields, salt marshes and brackish lagoons, with prices varying widely depending on proximity to the coast and exposure to flood zones under strict flood-risk planning rules, a strong regulatory constraint across the whole Rhône delta. In between, the Arles countryside and the Vallée des Baux, with their scattered mas set among orchards and market gardens, offer an appealing middle ground between rustic authenticity and proximity to the main roads.
Price depends above all on proximity to Aix-en-Provence and the Alpilles, on shelter from the mistral and on open views of Sainte-Victoire or the Alpilles, both highly valued criteria in the area. The condition of the canal-tile roof, often due for renewal after decades of sun and wind exposure, and insulation, often limited on old mas with thick but unlined walls, also weigh on negotiations, as does the presence of a swimming pool, much sought after in this Mediterranean climate.
Check the wildfire risk in scrubland areas, particularly high around the Alpilles and Sainte-Victoire massifs in summer, the private drainage system, common outside the main towns, the water supply (well, borehole, irrigation canal), essential during summer droughts, and the local plan zoning for any extension or swimming-pool project, since some protected farmland zones strictly limit new construction. Flood risk, linked to the Durance or Rhône rivers depending on the area, is also worth checking early on, as is the presence of a technological-risk prevention plan near the industrial corridor around the Étang de Berre. A specialist survey of the roof structure before purchase can help avoid unpleasant surprises once the sale is completed.
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