Looking for a country house for sale in Loiret (45)? Between the wooded ponds of the Sologne, the grain plain of the Beauce and the Orléans forest, the department has contrasting building styles: a timber-framed Sologne longère, a Beauce farmhouse of brick and flint, or a manor-style house from the Gâtinais. This page brings together the country houses for sale in Loiret 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 Loiret (notarised sales 2020-2025), the areas worth knowing from Orléans to Montargis, 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 Loiret (45)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Loiret (45) stood at €162,000 in 2025, with an average price of €167,803 and a median price of €1,649/m² of living space (2,128 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €92,000 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €250,000 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 104 m² of living space on an average plot of 2,740 m², i.e. around 0.3 ha.
This market is above the regional median (Centre-Val de Loire: €150,000) and below the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €153,000 to €162,000, i.e. +5.9%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +2.5%.
| 2025 indicator | Loiret | Centre-Val de Loire | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €162,000 | €150,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €167,803 | €157,230 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €92,000 | €75,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €250,000 | €251,580 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,649/m² | €1,519/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 104 m² | 103 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 2,740 m² | 2,999 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 2,128 | 10,907 | 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 Loiret (45) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €181,000 | €1,808/m² | +4.0% | 6,880 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €140,000 | €1,478/m² | +0.0% | 6,683 |
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 Beauce, to the north and west, around Pithiviers, Patay and Artenay, the traditional farmhouse is built of brick and flint quarried from the chalky subsoil, arranged in a square around a closed courtyard sized for grain farming. In the Sologne, to the south, between La Ferté-Saint-Aubin, Sully-sur-Loire and Cerdon, the low, timber-framedlongère of wood and brick, under a flat tile roof or occasionally slate, nestles among ponds, heathland and oak and pine woods. In the Gâtinais to the east, around Montargis, Courtenay and Château-Renard, the limestone manor-style house reflects a richer farming terroir, a legacy of the area's former saffron fields around Boynes and its honey production.
The land varies by area: large, open, sparsely wooded plots in the Beauce, wooded parcels with a private pond in the Sologne, subject to specific rules on dredging and fishing rights, and a garden and orchard around Gâtinais houses, sometimes bordering the Loing river or the Canal d'Orléans. Agricultural outbuildings (barn, drying shed, former dovecote) remain common on rural properties, as do wells and ponds once used to draw water locally before mains supply arrived. In the higher ground of the Gâtinais and the Orléans forest, some houses also use local millstone or sandstone at the base, while the Sologne keeps a long tradition of ponds jointly managed for fishing and hunting.
Around Orléans, the prefecture linked to Paris by Intercités and regional trains rather than a direct high-speed line, the country house market benefits from remote working and proximity to the Paris region via the A10 and A19 motorways. The Orléans Sologne, around La Ferté-Saint-Aubin, Sully-sur-Loire and Ouzouer-sur-Loire, attracts buyers for its wooded setting, ponds and long-standing hunting tradition, with the most sought-after areas bordering a pond or state forest. Towards Montargis and the Gâtinais to the east, prices remain more accessible, with a limestone building heritage and a network of canals that earns the town its nickname, the "Venice of the Gâtinais".
To the north, the Beauce (around Pithiviers, Patay and Beaune-la-Rolande) offers the most affordable properties in the department, with large farmhouses to renovate in an open, largely treeless and wind-exposed landscape of large-scale farming. These farm complexes often appeal to buyers planning a gîte or an equestrian project, provided they budget for a full energy renovation and bringing the outbuildings up to standard. Beauce hamlets, clustered around the church and town hall, also offer more modest village houses, popular as a lower-budget first second home.
Three factors dominate: proximity to Orléans and its links to Paris, the condition of the old building (timber frame, roof, damp sometimes rising near the Sologne's ponds, energy rating) and the presence of a pond or a large wooded plot in the Sologne, highly sought after but governed by water regulations and sometimes by heritage site protection. A renovated Sologne longère and a Beauce farmhouse to renovate can show a marked price gap, the latter often needing a full roof and insulation overhaul.
Check the private drainage system common in rural areas, often old and needing upgrading, the energy rating of timber-framed or flint houses, rarely insulated when built, fibre-optic coverage for remote working, local planning rules in wetland zones or near a protected pond, and the shrink-swell clay risk common in the Beauce as well as flood risk along the Loing and Loire rivers. A gîte or bed-and-breakfast project in the Sologne also calls for checking whether the drainage system, collective or private, can cope with tourist numbers that vary with the hunting season.
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