Looking for a country house for sale in Lozère (48)? Between the Causses plateaux, the Cévennes, the Margeride and the Aubrac, France's least populated department offers well-preserved rural architecture: limestone farmhouses on the Causses, schist farms in the Cévennes, old shepherds' huts on the Margeride, isolated smallholdings surrounded by land. This page brings together the country houses for sale in Lozère published on ma-propriete.fr by private sellers, estate agents and notaries. Winters here are harsh, with the department's average altitude often above 800 metres, which explains the thick walls and sparing use of openings.
To help you decide, we present the actual prices of country houses in Lozère (notarised sales 2020-2025), the areas worth knowing from Mende to Florac, and the criteria that determine the value of a house in this rugged countryside. Our complete guide to buying a country house in France completes these benchmarks, from surveying an old building to financing. You will also find pointers on access to local services, sometimes more limited than elsewhere in Occitanie, a factor worth building into your project.
How much does a country house cost in Lozère (48)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Lozère (48) stood at €166,850 in 2025, with an average price of €174,916 and a median price of €1,726/m² of living space (326 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €85,620 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €281,785 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 102 m² of living space on an average plot of 5,277 m², i.e. around 0.5 ha.
This market is well below the regional median (Occitanie: €210,000) and below the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €132,640 to €166,500, i.e. +25.5%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is -2.1%.
| 2025 indicator | Lozère | Occitanie | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €166,850 | €210,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €174,916 | €220,462 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €85,620 | €107,500 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €281,785 | €347,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,726/m² | €1,987/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 102 m² | 111 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 5,277 m² | 4,162 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 326 | 14,163 | 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 Lozère (48) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential coastline * | €156,750 | €1,538/m² | -16.4% | 55 |
| Inland tourist areas (hinterland, mountains) | €140,500 | €1,540/m² | +11.4% | 1,043 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €174,000 | €1,700/m² | +8.4% | 747 |
* Between 30 and 99 sales: indicative value.
Note: in Lozère (48), 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 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.
On the Causses plateaux (Méjean, Sauveterre), the local farmhouse is built from massive limestone walls under a lauze stone roof or flat tile, with few openings designed against wind and cold. Towards the Cévennes (Florac, the Bougès, Mont Lozère), farms are built in schist, set against the slope, with dry-stone terraces once used for crops. On the Aubrac plateau and in the Margeride, old stone shepherds' huts and stocky granite farmhouses built for livestock are common. In villages of character such as Sainte-Enimie or La Malène, some houses still keep their carved cornices and lintels, evidence of demanding local craftsmanship.
The land attached to these houses is often extensive: meadows, woodland of pine or chestnut, sometimes several hectares in one block. Outbuildings (sheepfold, barn, bread oven) are common and lend themselves well to conversion into a gîte or workshop. The low stone walls and banks bordering the plots, inherited from the traditional land pattern, add as much to the charm of a property as to its future upkeep.
Around Mende, the prefecture set in the Lot valley, and Marvejol, gateway to the Aubrac, country houses benefit from nearby services and a quicker route towards Montpellier or Clermont-Ferrand. The Florac area and the Tarn gorges, much sought after for their setting, concentrate renovated smallholdings bought as holiday homes. Towards Langogne to the east and Saint-Chély-d'Apcher, on the higher ground of the Margeride, winters are harsher but plots of land are noticeably larger. The Gévaudan area, at the centre of the department, keeps a strong rural identity, with villages clustered around their church and communal washhouse.
Areas close to the Tarn gorges and Mont Lozère, popular with summer visitors, remain more expensive than an isolated hamlet on the Aubrac plateau or the Margeride, where a smallholding to renovate with several hectares remains one of the more affordable offers in the whole of southern France. The same budget can buy a compact house near the Tarn gorges or a far larger property on the Aubrac or Margeride plateaux.
Altitude and orientation matter a great deal: a well-oriented house sheltered from the north wind is worth more than one exposed on open plateau land. The condition of the roof (lauze stone or slate, costly to redo) and the energy rating matter particularly in a department with long winters, where the absence of a TGV station lengthens journeys and remote working is often a condition for a move to the countryside. The harshness of winter also means checking the existing heating system and the insulation of the roof space, often in need of improvement in old buildings.
Always check the private drainage system, often old in isolated properties, fibre-optic coverage, essential for remote working, and the local planning rules if you plan to convert a barn or a shepherd's hut into living space. Also ask about the upkeep of access roads in snowy conditions, a criterion sometimes overlooked by buyers coming from other regions.
On ma-propriete.fr, filter Lozère 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 Occitanie. It is also worth comparing listings by the presence of outbuildings, a decisive factor for a rural gîte project. A local surveyor familiar with lauze roofing can help estimate realistic restoration costs before you make an offer.
