Looking for a country house for sale in Yonne (89)? Between the Puisaye, the Auxerrois and the Tonnerrois, the department offers typical, diverse Burgundian rural buildings: a manor-style house in limestone, a timber-framed smallholding in the Puisaye, a village house under a flat-tile roof. This page brings together, area by area, the country houses for sale in Yonne 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 Yonne, the areas worth knowing from Auxerre to Avallon, and the criteria that determine the value of a Burgundian country house, from the plot to the condition of the building. Our complete guide to buying a country house in France completes these benchmarks, from surveying an old building to financing a renovation project.
How much does a country house cost in Yonne (89)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Yonne (89) stood at €135,000 in 2025, with an average price of €142,676 and a median price of €1,395/m² of living space (1,831 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €72,000 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €230,000 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 103 m² of living space on an average plot of 2,536 m², i.e. around 0.3 ha.
This market is below the regional median (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: €157,000) and well below the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €125,500 to €135,000, i.e. +7.6%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +2.3%.
| 2025 indicator | Yonne | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €135,000 | €157,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €142,676 | €168,680 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €72,000 | €74,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €230,000 | €279,670 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,395/m² | €1,525/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 103 m² | 108 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 2,536 m² | 2,805 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 1,831 | 11,450 | 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 Yonne (89) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inland tourist areas (hinterland, mountains) | €115,000 | €1,176/m² | +3.7% | 1,039 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €147,500 | €1,477/m² | +0.0% | 6,218 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €120,000 | €1,250/m² | +3.4% | 4,897 |
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 Yonne country house comes in several appealing styles depending on the local terroir: in the Auxerrois and the Tonnerrois, golden stone dominates, cut as ashlar for the wine-growing manor-style houses with a vaulted cellar and a wine press, notably around Chablis and its world-famous white wines. In the Puisaye, a land of clay and sandstone, timber framing and cob combine with brick and Burgundy flat tile, sometimes glazed, in a tradition close to the local pottery of Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye. The smallholding to renovate, with its barn and well, remains common in this region of ponds and hedgerow farmland, as well as in the Avallon area at the gateway to the granite Morvan, where the building style gradually turns to schist and slate.
The land often combines a mirabelle plum or apple orchard, a vegetable plot and, in the Puisaye, a pond or a small pool, a legacy of the area's long fish-farming tradition dating back to Cistercian monks. Outbuildings (barn, vaulted cellar, bread oven) complete the property, in a hamlet or out in open countryside, with open views over the Tonnerrois hills or the first foothills of the Morvan, a setting well suited to a gîte or a second home.
Auxerre, the prefecture on the Yonne river with its nearby vineyards, remains the department's main hub and has motorway access to Paris via the A6. Sens, to the north, benefits from fast rail links to the capital and attracts buyers seeking remote working. The Tonnerrois, around Tonnerre and the Armançon valley, and the Avallon area, towards Avallon and the nearby Morvan with its lakes and beech forests, offer a more rural, wooded setting. The Puisaye, around Saint-Fargeau and Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, appeals for its ponds, forests and peace and quiet, in a landscape shaped by hedgerow farmland and orchards.
The outskirts of Auxerre and the axis towards Chablis, known for its vineyards and its AOC status, remain the most sought-after areas, with prices supported by the wine region's international reputation. The Puisaye and the Avallon area, further from the fast links to Paris and more rural, offer stone smallholdings with large plots at more affordable prices, for buyers who favour peace and quiet, ponds and forest over commuting time to the capital.
Distance to Paris, via the A6 motorway or rail links from Sens or Auxerre, weighs heavily on price, as does the condition of the building: roof, timber frame, damp in stone or timber-framed walls, and energy rating, a decisive criterion for old uninsulated smallholdings. The size of the plot, pond or orchard included, adds notable value, particularly in the Puisaye, where ponds are a sought-after asset for a leisure or small fish-farming project.
Check the private drainage system, the condition of any pond, its dam, or a well, fibre-optic coverage for remote working, the local planning zoning, the soundness of the timber frame, and the risk of clay-shrinkage subsidence in the clay soils of the Puisaye, especially after a dry summer, before considering converting a barn into living space or a gîte.
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