Looking for a country house for sale in Loire-Atlantique (44)? Between the Nantes vineyards, the salt marshes of Guérande and the hedgerow farmland of the Châteaubriant area, the department has a varied rural style: a granite longère from the Nantes area, a tuffeau-stone house near the Loire, or a wine-grower's manor-style house. This page brings together the country houses for sale in Loire-Atlantique 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 Loire-Atlantique (notarised sales 2020-2025), the areas worth knowing from Nantes to Châteaubriant, 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 Loire-Atlantique (44)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Loire-Atlantique (44) stood at €230,000 in 2025, with an average price of €238,421 and a median price of €2,302/m² of living space (3,119 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €135,900 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €353,000 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 106 m² of living space on an average plot of 2,412 m², i.e. around 0.2 ha.
This market is well above the regional median (Pays de la Loire: €190,000) and well above the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €210,000 to €230,000, i.e. +9.5%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +0.4%.
| 2025 indicator | Loire-Atlantique | Pays de la Loire | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €230,000 | €190,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €238,421 | €199,126 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €135,900 | €100,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €353,000 | €308,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €2,302/m² | €1,875/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 106 m² | 106 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 2,412 m² | 2,947 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 3,119 | 14,604 | 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 Loire-Atlantique (44) 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 | €330,000 | €3,508/m² | +3.7% | 800 |
| Residential coastline | €245,000 | €2,453/m² | +0.8% | 1,807 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €245,000 | €2,374/m² | +0.0% | 11,176 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €185,000 | €1,852/m² | +8.6% | 4,771 |
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 Nantes area and the Muscadet vineyards (Vallet, Clisson, Le Loroux-Bottereau), the granite or schistlongère under a slate roof sits alongside the wine-grower's manor-style house, often set in a park with an old wine cellar. Further east, near the Loire and Ancenis, some tuffeau-stone buildings recall the proximity of the Anjou stretch of the Loire Valley. In the Châteaubriant area to the north, around Derval and Nozay, the half-timbered farmhouse and grey stone house dominate, on a more modest scale typical of the hedgerow farmland. Old dry-stone vine huts, scattered across the Nantes vineyards, are appealing as an outbuilding or workshop space.
The land is a constant asset: a garden and an apple orchard for cider, sometimes a pond or a deciduous woodland, and wine-growing outbuildings (cellar, vat house, press house) on Nantes vineyard properties, often sought after for a wine-tourism or gîte project. The oceanic climate, damper than further inland, calls for extra care in maintaining slate roofs and gutters. Slate, a handsome but costly material to replace, remains a strong marker of traditional Nantes-area building, from the vineyards to the coast.
Around Nantes, with its TGV station towards Paris, and the Muscadet vineyards (Vallet, Clisson), country houses benefit from a dynamic job market and firm prices. The Guérande peninsula, including Guérande, Batz-sur-Mer and Le Croisic, and the La Baule area, close to the coast and the salt marshes, have the highest prices in the department. Towards Ancenis, along the Loire, the market stays balanced between vineyards and river. The Saint-Nazaire bridge and Nantes-Atlantique airport also make travel easier for buyers coming from other regions. The Nantes job market, one of the most dynamic in western France, keeps drawing professionals in search of a rural setting within an hour of the city.
The Châteaubriant area to the northeast, around Derval and Nozay, bordering Maine-et-Loire and Ille-et-Vilaine, offers the most affordable properties, with large farmhouses to renovate amid open hedgerow farmland, far from coastal land pressure. The hedgerow farmland of the Châteaubriant area, dotted with hedges and ponds, remains prime ground for extensive cattle farming.
Three factors dominate: proximity to Nantes, the Loire or the coast, the condition of the building (slate roof, timber frame, damp, energy rating) and the size of the plot, especially when a vineyard parcel or orchard is attached. A renovated longère in the Nantes vineyards and a farmhouse to renovate in the Châteaubriant area can show a significant price gap, and coastal flooding risk deserves attention on the Guérande peninsula. Troglodyte cellars, dug into the tuffeau to the east of the department, offer naturally cool storage space for wine. Vineyard parcels classified under the Muscadet AOC carry planting rights that do not automatically transfer with a sale, a point worth clarifying with a notary.
Check the private drainage system common in rural areas, the energy rating of older granite or schist houses, fibre-optic coverage for remote working, and local planning rules, particularly in AOC wine-growing zones where extension possibilities are restricted, as well as in coastal zones subject to the coastal protection law around Guérande and La Baule. Clay-shrinkage subsidence risk, present in some vineyard sectors, is worth checking before any extension project. Slate roof repairs generally cost more than tile, a detail worth factoring into any renovation budget for an older longère.
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