Recreational land for sale in Creuse (23) usually points towards the Marche, the Combraille or the Millevaches plateau: hay meadows, conifer and beech woods, and a few traditional ponds tucked into granite valleys. On this page, ma-propriete.fr gathers the listings of recreational land for sale in Creuse: an enclosed meadow, a wooded slope, a plot along the Creuse or the Gartempe, land with a cabin.
You will find an overview of the areas where these plots are concentrated, the points to check before buying in an agricultural or natural zone, and benchmarks drawn from actual sales, with both farmland and woodland trading well below the national median here. A useful first step: our guide on how to turn agricultural land into recreational land: it reviews the uses allowed in agricultural or natural zones and the limits not to cross.
There is no such thing as a "recreational land price" in the French notarial records: the DVF database records sales of agricultural land, woodland and ponds, and a recreational plot is priced against these three benchmarks, higher or lower depending on what it adds (vehicle access, a water point, fencing, an existing shelter, a village nearby). The table below gives, for each benchmark, the sales recorded in 2025 in Creuse (23), the median price and the range between the first decile (floor) and the ninth decile (ceiling), with the national figure for comparison.
| DVF 2025 benchmark | Sales | Median price | Range (P10 – P90) | France median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bare agricultural land (€/ha) | 149 | €2,644/ha | €1,871/ha – €4,013/ha | €5,307/ha |
| Woodland (€/ha) | 77 | €3,323/ha | €1,157/ha – €6,711/ha | €4,934/ha |
| Pond (€/m²) * | 46 | €2.22/m² | €0.40/m² – €5.78/m² | €2.54/m² |
Bare agricultural land is well below the national median (€5,307/ha), with the median price moving +5.8% between 2020 and 2025. Woodland trades well below the national benchmark (€4,934/ha), and a pond, a much rarer asset, is valued per square metre of water and banks. To compare a listing, bring everything back to the square metre: €2,644/ha of bare land is €0.26/m², against €2.22/m² for a pond. Recreational land, almost always classified as an agricultural or natural zone, generally sells slightly above bare agricultural land; but it usually remains subject to the SAFER land agency's right of pre-emption, and the SAFER may pre-empt with a downward price revision if the price is excessive compared with local land prices. These benchmarks therefore also help you avoid paying a price the SAFER would challenge.
Find the detail by department, plot size and year in our agricultural land price observatory and in the forest price observatory. Source: DVF (Demandes de valeurs foncières), 2025 sales, processed by ma-propriete.fr; medians published from 30 sales upwards. * Fewer than 30 sales in the department: the benchmark shown is the regional figure for "Pond".
The Marche, around Guéret and La Souterraine, offers bocage meadows and mixed oak and chestnut woods, a legacy of traditional livestock farming. The Combraille, to the north-east towards Chambon-sur-Voueize and Auzances, adds wooded slopes and granite valleys. These two areas make up most of the department's supply of non-constructible land, largely made up of small livestock meadows and mixed hedgerow woods handed down within farming families.
The Millevaches plateau, to the south towards Aubusson, Felletin and Bourganeuf, has a starker landscape of moorland, peat bogs and conifer forests, where small traditional ponds, a legacy of fish farming, exist but remain rare on the market: recorded sales of this type of plot in recent years can be counted on one hand. Fishing or hunting cabins sometimes come with these plots. The banks of the Creuse and the Petite Creuse, further north, offer hay meadows and wooded slopes that are easier to reach, closer to Guéret and the main roads, and generally easier to reach for a short weekend visit.
The Marche, around Guéret and La Souterraine — the latter served by the Paris-Toulouse Intercités line, the department having no TGV station — holds the most accessible meadows and woods. The Combraille, towards Chambon-sur-Voueize, Évaux-les-Bains and Auzances, offers rolling, wooded landscapes. The Millevaches plateau, around Aubusson, Felletin and Bourganeuf, adds vast conifer woods and a few damp upland pastures, in a more isolated area.
Meadows in the Marche, close to Guéret and the main routes, sell slightly above the more isolated woods of the Millevaches plateau. Overall, Creuse remains one of the most affordable departments in Nouvelle-Aquitaine for a leisure meadow or wood, whichever area you look at, with prices well below the national median for both farmland and woodland.
The first step is to check the commune's local planning document (PLU): in an agricultural (A) or natural (N) zone, any new building is in principle prohibited, and a cabin, a chalet or a light leisure dwelling cannot be installed freely. An existing shelter is only an asset if it was properly authorised; otherwise it may have to be removed. On a plot with a pond, check its status under French water law, the condition of the dam and outlet, and the maintenance obligations. Also confirm whether firewood or hunting rights attached to an adjoining wood are included in the sale, since this is often negotiated separately in Creuse, and can materially affect what the plot is actually worth to you.
On parcels classified as agricultural, the SAFER land agency may exercise its right of pre-emption, with a risk that the price will be revised down if the asking price departs too far from that of already moderate Creuse land. Also check access to the plot (rural track, right of way, landlocked parcel) and whether the boundaries have been surveyed, especially on small plots resulting from joint ownership.
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