In Haute-Corse (2B), recreational land for sale is most often found in the Castagniccia, a land of centuries-old chestnut groves, in the Nebbio around Saint-Florent, or on the eastern plain towards Aléria, where a few meadows and orchards remain. This page brings together the listings of recreational land for sale in Haute-Corse: chestnut groves, plots of maquis, hillside land to develop.
You will find price benchmarks drawn from actual sales, the areas where the very limited supply is concentrated and the points to watch in a coastal and mountainous department. To frame your project, read our guide on how to turn agricultural land into recreational land: it explains what the local planning rules allow, and above all what they forbid. A Bastia-based notary can also confirm the scrub-clearing rules that apply to the commune concerned.
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 Haute-Corse (2B), 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) * | 14,328 | €5,307/ha | €2,500/ha – €10,537/ha | €5,307/ha |
| Woodland (€/ha) * | 63 | €4,532/ha | €1,223/ha – €13,054/ha | €4,934/ha |
| Pond (€/m²) * | 313 | €2.54/m² | €1.03/m² – €6.90/m² | €2.54/m² |
Bare agricultural land is close to the national median (€5,307/ha), with the median price moving +3.4% between 2020 and 2025. Woodland trades 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: €5,307/ha of bare land is €0.53/m², against €2.54/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 national figure for "Bare agricultural land"; regional figure for "Woodland"; national figure for "Pond".
The Castagniccia, at the heart of the department, is a massif of century-old chestnut trees, terraced on steep slopes; the rare plots for sale there are mostly chestnut groves or wooded slopes, ill-suited to conventional farming use. The eastern plain, around Aléria and Ghisonaccia, offers flat land instead, devoted to citrus and kiwi orchards, where sales remain occasional. Some Castagniccia chestnut groves have been worked by the same families for generations, which limits how often they come up for sale.
Cap Corse, a narrow peninsula to the north, combines dense maquis with old terraced vineyards, often hard to access. Ponds are entirely absent from the market, for lack of suitable terrain and climate, and both woodland and farmland sell in very small numbers each year, which makes every listing distinctive. A small number of old terraced vines on Cap Corse are being replanted for wine production rather than sold as bare land, which explains why sales stay rare.
The Nebbio, around Saint-Florent, combines vineyard hillsides, coastal maquis subject to the Coastal Law, and a few meadows in the Aliso valley bottom. The Castagniccia, towards Piedicroce and La Porta, remains the most typical area for a chestnut grove or wooded slope. The eastern plain, from Casamozza to Ghisonaccia, offers the department's rare open farmland, away from the mountains. Bastia, the main city, and Ponte Leccia, the junction of the Corsican railway towards Ajaccio and Calvi, remain the only rail landmarks, with no TGV service at all. A few isolated plots also appear around Corte, in the centre of the island, away from the coast.
At very high altitude, around Monte Cinto and the Asco valley, recreational land is almost non-existent; the plots available are limited to small wooded slopes or land along mountain streams. The Balagne, to the west towards L'Île-Rousse and Calvi, highly sought after for its coastline, remains overall more expensive than the Castagniccia interior. Cap Corse communes, highly prized for their setting, remain considerably more expensive than the interior.
The overwhelming majority of plots are classified as agricultural (A) or natural (N) zones, which in principle rules out any building: a cabin, a chalet or a light leisure dwelling cannot be installed freely, and a caravan or mobile home cannot be set up long-term without authorisation. In riverside communes, from Cap Corse to the Gulf of Saint-Florent, the Coastal Law strongly restricts development. Check access to the plot, often via a narrow track on steep terrain, as well as the presence of water and electricity, generally absent far from villages.
Fire risk is particularly present in Haute-Corse, notably in the Castagniccia and around Cap Corse: mandatory scrub-clearing is an obligation not to be overlooked. On agricultural land, the SAFER land agency may exercise its right of pre-emption. Finally, joint ownership is common on Corsican family property; ask for the exact cadastral area and whether the boundaries have been surveyed before any purchase. A local surveyor is usually familiar with the cadastral quirks specific to Castagniccia's terraced plots, particularly on the oldest terraced plots.
Listings of recreational land in Haute-Corse published on ma-propriete.fr come from private sellers, estate agents and notaries. Filter by area and price, then set up an e-mail alert to be notified of new plots. You can also widen your search to recreational land for sale in Corsica A local agent can also indicate which communes currently have chestnut groves or maquis plots on the market.
