Looking for a country house for sale in Haut-Rhin (68)? Between the Alsace plain, the vineyards running from Thann to Ribeauvillé and the Vosges valleys from the Sundgau to Kaysersberg, the department offers a colourful rural building stock: a half-timbered house in the wine villages, a plainer half-timbered farmhouse in the Sundgau, an alpine-style stone chalet or farm towards the high Vosges. This page brings together the country houses for sale in Haut-Rhin published on ma-propriete.fr by private sellers, estate agents and notaries. This rural market, shaped by the tourist appeal of the Alsace vineyards, attracts both French and international buyers. Buyers relocating from other parts of France often value the combination of scenic charm, cross-border job opportunities and a strong sense of local identity.
To help you decide, we present the actual prices of country houses in Haut-Rhin (notarised sales 2020-2025), the areas worth knowing from the vineyards to the Sundgau, 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. The international renown of Alsatian wine villages attracts local buyers as well as Europeans looking for a charming holiday home.
DVF statistics (the French land-value database) do not cover Haut-Rhin: in Alsace-Moselle, sales are recorded in the Livre foncier and are not published in the DVF database. The benchmarks below are therefore those of the Grand Est region.
How much does a country house cost in Grand Est? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Grand Est stood at €150,000 in 2025, with an average price of €156,757 and a median price of €1,400/m² of living space (7,886 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). 10% of houses sold for less than €70,000 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €255,000 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house offers 112 m² of living space on an average plot of 2,025 m², i.e. around 0.2 ha.
The region is well below the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the regional median price has risen from €136,400 to €150,000, i.e. +10.0%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +4.2%.
| 2025 indicator | Grand Est | France |
|---|---|---|
| Median price | €150,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €156,757 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €70,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €255,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,400/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 112 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 2,025 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 7,886 | 150,313 |
A regional average also hides large gaps between municipalities. 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 Grand Est 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 * | €145,000 | €1,282/m² | -23.7% | 32 |
| Residential coastline | €140,000 | €1,354/m² | -17.9% | 565 |
| Inland tourist areas (hinterland, mountains) | €137,462 | €1,350/m² | +14.6% | 1,622 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €165,000 | €1,529/m² | +6.2% | 22,855 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €125,500 | €1,178/m² | +7.4% | 23,366 |
* Between 30 and 99 sales: indicative value.
Note: in Grand Est, the municipalities classified as "coastline" have no access to the sea. They are municipalities bordering lakes of more than 1,000 hectares (or, in Eure, the Seine estuary) covered by the 1986 Loi Littoral, which also applies to such inland lakes and estuaries.
These benchmarks help you assess a listing, estimate a property before putting it up for sale, or set your budget, whether you are looking for a holiday home, a permanent move to the French countryside or a property to turn into a rural gîte. 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 wine villages such as Riquewihr, Eguisheim and Turckheim, the winegrower's house, half-timbered, brightly coloured, with a vaulted cellar, is the archetype of local architecture, under a flat-tile roof. In the Sundgau, in the south of the department, farmhouses show plainer timber framing, broader roofs and closed courtyards inherited from Jura and Alsatian rural tradition. Towards the high Vosges, around Kaysersberg or the Markstein, the buildings become more alpine in character, of stone and timber.
The land that comes with these houses often includes a vineyard plot, an orchard of mirabelle plum or apple trees, or a meadow in the Sundgau. Outbuildings (barn, press house, shed) lend themselves well to a rural gîte project. The old press, a centrepiece of many winegrowers' houses, often lends itself to conversion into a reception room or a workshop.
On the wine route, from Colmar (TGV station) to Thann, winegrowers' houses in the best-known villages - Riquewihr, Eguisheim, Kaysersberg - reach high price levels due to their tourist appeal. Around Mulhouse, also served by TGV, peri-urban country houses benefit from an industrial and cross-border job market. The Sundgau, between Altkirch and the Swiss border, offers rolling countryside of ponds and forests, more affordable than the vineyards. Wine festivals and craft markets bring the villages of the Haut-Rhin vineyards to life throughout the year. Wine tourism also brings a steady flow of visitors to the region throughout the year, supporting a lively local economy.
The remoter Vosges valleys, around the Markstein or the Doller valley, remain the most accessible areas for a farmhouse to renovate with a large plot, away from the tourist pressure of the vineyards. Proximity to Switzerland and Germany, under an hour from Mulhouse, also widens the pool of cross-border buyers.
The tourist reputation of the wine villages significantly raises prices, while the condition of the timber frame remains the decisive technical issue. The energy rating is often poor on this old, uninsulated building stock, an important point in negotiation. Sectors listed as historic monuments sometimes impose additional constraints on any change to a façade or roof.
Check the local planning rules and any protected-sector restrictions (common in listed villages), the drainage system, fibre-optic coverage and wall damp before converting a barn or a former press house into living space. As elsewhere in Alsace, a termite survey is frequently required before the sale of an older property.
On ma-propriete.fr, filter Haut-Rhin 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 Grand Est. It is also worth comparing listings by distance to the vineyards, a criterion that strongly affects price even within the same village. It is also worth noting that some wine villages impose strict aesthetic rules, particularly regarding façade colours and the choice of joinery.
