Looking for a country house for sale in Somme (80)? Between the Vimeu, the Santerre plain and the Somme valley, the department offers typical Picardy rural architecture: brick-and-chalk farmhouses, manor-style houses in market towns, half-timbered longères in the Ponthieu area, low-built houses near the Somme bay. This page brings together the country houses for sale in Somme published on ma-propriete.fr by private sellers, estate agents and notaries.
We present the actual prices of country houses in Somme, the areas worth knowing around Amiens, Abbeville and the Somme bay, and the criteria that determine the value of a property in the Santerre or the Ponthieu. 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 Somme (80)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Somme (80) stood at €159,000 in 2025, with an average price of €166,279 and a median price of €1,565/m² of living space (2,315 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €84,700 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €260,000 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 105 m² of living space on an average plot of 1,804 m², i.e. around 0.2 ha.
This market is below the regional median (Hauts-de-France: €175,000) and well below the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €145,000 to €159,000, i.e. +9.7%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +6.0%.
| 2025 indicator | Somme | Hauts-de-France | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €159,000 | €175,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €166,279 | €183,979 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €84,700 | €90,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €260,000 | €290,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,565/m² | €1,686/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 105 m² | 108 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 1,804 m² | 1,942 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 2,315 | 11,950 | 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 Somme (80) 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 | €200,150 | €2,275/m² | +11.3% | 676 |
| Residential coastline | €165,000 | €1,811/m² | +8.7% | 172 |
| Inland tourist areas (hinterland, mountains) | €150,000 | €1,667/m² | +5.3% | 144 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €163,000 | €1,595/m² | +6.2% | 7,655 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €130,000 | €1,333/m² | +12.0% | 4,895 |
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 Picardy farmhouse, arranged around a courtyard, most often combines red brick walls with chalk or flint bases, under a tiled roof. In the Ponthieu and Vimeu areas, around Friville-Escarbotin, half-timbered façades still survive, while the market towns of the Somme valley and the Santerre, around Roye or Chaulnes, retain 19th-century brick manor-style houses, a legacy of the region's agricultural and textile growth. The mix of brick and chalk gives these farmhouses a distinctive look, though chalk remains sensitive to rising damp. Reclaimed brick and flint from demolished outbuildings are sometimes reused locally, a detail worth asking about during a viewing.
The land attached to these properties is often generous in rural areas: a garden, a vegetable plot, an orchard, sometimes a few hectares of farmland. Outbuildings (barn, shed, cowshed) are common and lend themselves to conversion into a workshop or a gîte, particularly near the Somme bay where tourist demand remains strong. Use as a rural gîte or second home is common in areas close to the Somme bay. Several of these farms also retain a dovecote or a small chapel, remnants of a larger agricultural estate.
The Santerre, a farming plain east of Amiens around Roye, and the Ponthieu area around Abbeville, offer large Picardy farmhouses at moderate prices. The Somme valley, between Amiens and Abbeville, combines ponds, peat marshes and villages; it is served by the Haute-Picardie TGV station near Amiens. The Vimeu area, around Friville-Escarbotin, and the edges of the Somme bay (Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Le Crotoy, Cayeux-sur-Mer) are sought after for their coastal proximity, which pushes prices up. Villages in the Somme valley, amid ponds and reed beds, appeal to buyers seeking nature and outdoor activities. Amiens itself, with its cathedral and university, anchors the department's job market and rental demand.
Areas close to the Somme bay and the Amiens–Abbeville corridor show prices above the departmental average, while the Santerre and the inland Vimeu, more agricultural, remain more affordable for a brick house with a large plot, suited to a second home or a remote-working base. These more agricultural areas suit a main home well, or a property combining housing with farming. Buyers comparing these areas should also weigh proximity to the A16 motorway, which shortens the drive to the coast considerably.
Proximity to the coast, to Amiens or to the Haute-Picardie TGV station, together with the condition of the roof frame and covering, are decisive. Many old brick-and-chalk farmhouses carry a poor energy rating and need energy-efficiency work before serving as a comfortable main home. Along the coast and near the estuaries, the risk of flooding or marine submersion is also worth checking through the official risk disclosure. Porous chalk requires particular attention to the water-tightness of foundations during surveys.
Also check the private drainage system, common in scattered rural housing, the risk of damp (a high water table in the Somme valley), fibre-optic coverage for remote working and the agricultural planning rules before any extension project. Have any underground cavities (old marl pits), common in Picardy, checked before any building project. A groundwater survey is particularly useful for properties in the Somme valley itself, where the water table can be very shallow.
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