Looking for recreational land for sale in Lot (46) means exploring a department of limestone plateaus and deep-cut valleys, between the Lot and Célé gorges, the sandy Bouriane to the west and the hedgerow-covered Ségala to the east, towards Figeac. Plots here are mostly causse land, downy-oak or pine woodland, and valley-bottom meadows along the Lot or the Dordogne. On this page, ma-propriete.fr gathers the listings of recreational land for sale in Lot: causse land, sloping woodland, a valley meadow, a plot in the Bouriane.
You will find an overview of the areas where these different types of land are concentrated, a sense of prices, level with the national median for farmland but well below it for woodland, and the points to check before buying in an agricultural or natural zone. 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 Lot (46), 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) | 43 | €5,500/ha | €3,399/ha – €9,880/ha | €5,307/ha |
| Woodland (€/ha) | 84 | €2,976/ha | €1,005/ha – €9,971/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 +5.0% 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: €5,500/ha of bare land is €0.55/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 "Pond".
The Causses du Quercy, a vast limestone plateau in the centre and north of the department, offer stony land covered in dry grassland, juniper and downy oak, cut through by deep gorges carved by the Lot, the Célé and the Alzou. The Bouriane, to the west towards Gourdon, has a different look, sandier and more wooded, with maritime pine and chestnut woodland. To the east, the Ségala, towards Figeac, returns to a more hedgerow-lined character, with hedge-enclosed meadows and chestnut coppices.
Ponds are practically absent from the Lot market: the free-draining limestone terrain of the causses does not favour natural stretches of water, and the rare farm ponds or reservoirs only come up for sale exceptionally. Land sold with an existing cabin is found mainly on the causses, around old dry-stone huts known as cazelles or gariottes, and in the Bouriane, at the edge of pine woods.
The Causses du Quercy, around Gramat, Labastide-Murat and Cajarc, offer the largest volume of causse land for sale, in open country reached by road from Cahors. The Lot valley, from Cahors to Saint-Cirq-Lapopie and Figeac, offers valley-bottom meadows and steep sloping woodland, served by the Paris-Toulouse Intercités line, which stops at Cahors, Gourdon and Souillac. The Bouriane, around Gourdon and Salviac, offers pine and chestnut woodland in a rolling landscape. The Ségala, towards Figeac and Lacapelle-Marival, rounds out the supply with denser hedgerow country.
Causse land and plots close to the tourist villages of the Lot valley, such as Saint-Cirq-Lapopie or Rocamadour, sell at levels close to the national median, driven by second-home demand. The woodland of the Bouriane and the Ségala, further from the tourist routes, remains, by comparison, well below the averages seen elsewhere for wooded massifs.
In an agricultural (A) or natural (N) zone, any new building is in principle prohibited: a cabin, a chalet or a light leisure dwelling cannot be installed freely, and parking a caravan or a mobile home for an extended period is regulated. A cazelle, a gariotte or an existing shelter is only an asset if it was properly authorised; otherwise it may have to be removed. Check access to the plot, often a rural track across the causse, and the near-systematic absence of water and electricity outside hamlets.
On agricultural parcels, the SAFER land agency may exercise its right of pre-emption, with a risk of the price being revised downward if it is too high compared with local land prices. Along the Lot, the Célé and the Dordogne, check the flood-zone classification before planning any shelter. As Lot has no TGV station of its own, connections run on the Paris-Toulouse Intercités line, which stops at Cahors, Gourdon and Souillac.
The listings of recreational land in Lot published on ma-propriete.fr come from private sellers, estate agents and notaries. Filter by area, price and the presence of woodland, 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 Occitanie.
