Looking for a country house for sale in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)? Between the Béarn and the Basque Country, the department offers two quite distinct building traditions: a Basque house with red or green timber framing under a wide overhanging roof, a Béarn farmhouse in river-stone and pebble, a manor-style house in the Béarn market towns, a smallholding to renovate in the Pyrenean foothills. This page brings together the country houses for sale in Pyrénées-Atlantiques published on ma-propriete.fr by private sellers, estate agents and notaries, from the Béarn to the inland Basque Country.
To help you decide, we present the actual prices of country houses in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (notarised sales 2020-2025), the areas worth knowing from Pau to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and the Soule area, 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 Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) stood at €237,400 in 2025, with an average price of €254,839 and a median price of €2,095/m² of living space (1,557 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €132,000 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €407,140 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 121 m² of living space on an average plot of 3,853 m², i.e. around 0.4 ha.
This market is well above the regional median (Nouvelle-Aquitaine: €170,000) and well above the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €200,750 to €237,000, i.e. +18.1%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +3.0%.
| 2025 indicator | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €237,400 | €170,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €254,839 | €188,636 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €132,000 | €83,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €407,140 | €315,785 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €2,095/m² | €1,657/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 121 m² | 110 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 3,853 m² | 4,005 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 1,557 | 26,126 | 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 Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) 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 * | €430,000 | €4,027/m² | +21.9% | 53 |
| Inland tourist areas (hinterland, mountains) | €195,000 | €1,867/m² | +15.8% | 341 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €241,120 | €2,095/m² | +8.4% | 5,556 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €199,500 | €1,769/m² | +8.4% | 3,464 |
* 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 Basque house is instantly recognisable by its red or green timber framing on white render and its wide, steeply overhanging roof, which shelters the facades from the ocean rains. In the Béarn area, the Béarn farmhouse is built of river stone and pebble, with a barn-and-cattle-shed, the local « borde », often attached to the main dwelling. A few manor-style houses in dressed stone can also be found in the Béarn market towns, along with smallholdings to renovate in the foothills, between the plain and the first slopes.
Land is a constant asset: a garden, an orchard, pasture for sheep or cattle, sometimes woodland or a mountain stream, and outbuildings (barn, cattle shed) suited to a gîte project or farm-stay activity. Many properties sit in a hamlet with open views of the Pyrenees, a setting sought after for a move to the countryside, between sheep farming and hiking trails.
Around Pau and the Gave de Pau valley, a suburban country house benefits from good transport links, with a station served by TGV connections to Paris and Bordeaux, an asset for remote working. The Basque Country, around Bayonne and inland at Espelette, Ainhoa or Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, remains the most sought-after and most expensive area, driven by the appeal of the Basque coast and its second homes, with prices clearly above the regional average.
The Soule area, around Mauléon, and the Haut-Béarn, towards Oloron-Sainte-Marie and the Aspe valley, offer the most affordable prices for a stone farmhouse with a large plot, an area suited to a mountain project, away from the bustle of the coast. The Vic-Bilh and Madiran areas, north of the Béarn, add vineyards and hillside landscapes that remain relatively undervalued.
Three factors dominate: proximity to the Basque coast or to Pau, the condition of the building (roof timber and framing, damp linked to the oceanic climate, insulation and energy rating, often needing work in old farmhouses) and the size of the pasture or woodland plot. A renovated Basque house near Bayonne and a Béarn farmhouse to renovate in the Soule area can differ in price by a factor of three, for a comparable living area. A borde in good condition or a captured mountain spring are features valued by buyers looking for authenticity.
Check the energy rating, private drainage in rural areas, fibre-optic coverage for remote working, more limited in remote valleys, and the planning rules (agricultural or natural zoning of the local plan) before converting a barn or borde into living space, particularly within the Pyrenees national park boundary.
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