Looking for recreational land for sale in Lot-et-Garonne (47) leads to a department of orchards and hillsides, shaped by the Lot and Garonne valleys, where old bastide villages overlook land known for its fruit. On this page, ma-propriete.fr gathers the listings of recreational land for sale in Lot-et-Garonne: valley-bottom meadows, hillside orchards, oak woodland in the Pays de Serres, and farmland sometimes sold with a cabin, an old barn, or a drying shed once used for the local prunes. Fruit growing weighs heavily on local prices more than in most neighbouring departments, and shapes much of the department's farmed landscape from the Agenais all the way down to the Albret.
You will find price benchmarks drawn from actual sales, an overview of where farmland and woodland are concentrated, and the precautions worth knowing before buying in an agricultural or natural zone. To frame your project, read our guide on how to turn agricultural land into recreational land: it explains what the planning rules really allow on a non-buildable plot, and where the local orchards fit into that broader legal framework.
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-et-Garonne (47), 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) | 150 | €7,501/ha | €5,015/ha – €14,141/ha | €5,307/ha |
| Woodland (€/ha) | 95 | €5,036/ha | €3,000/ha – €9,168/ha | €4,934/ha |
| Pond (€/m²) * | 46 | €2.22/m² | €0.40/m² – €5.78/m² | €2.54/m² |
Bare agricultural land is well above the national median (€5,307/ha), with the median price moving -6.7% between 2020 and 2025. Woodland trades close to 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: €7,501/ha of bare land is €0.75/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".
Lot-et-Garonne is above all orchard country: plum, hazelnut and other fruit trees cover the hillsides of the Agenais, around Agen and Villeneuve-sur-Lot, where farmland trades at high prices because of its quality and its productive purpose. The Lot and Garonne valleys offer valley-bottom meadows and riverbanks, while the Pays de Serres, to the south, alternates oak woods with drier, more accessible limestone plateau plots, on hillier ground than the rest of the department.
Ponds remain absent from the departmental market, with no notable sale on record: the hilly terrain and the area's farming focus on orchards and market gardening leave little room for water features for sale. A plot with an old farm cabin or a former vineyard hut is far more common than one with a pond, and usually easier to negotiate, suiting a simple recreational use rather than a major building project.
The Agenais, around Agen, Villeneuve-sur-Lot and Marmande, holds the most sought-after orchards and farmland in the whole department, with easy access via the A62 motorway towards Bordeaux and Toulouse. The Lot valley, from Villeneuve-sur-Lot to Fumel, adds wooded hillsides and well-placed bastide villages. To the south, the Pays de Serres and the Pays de Lauzun offer more modest plots and oak woods, at more accessible prices for a tighter budget. Towards the Albret, around Nérac, meadows and medium-sized woods dominate, less sought after than the Agenais but just as representative of the local hedgerow country.
The Pays de Serres and the Pays de Lauzun, with their hillier terrain, remain the most affordable areas. Orchard land in the Agenais and the best-exposed hillsides along the Lot, by contrast, sell well above the departmental average, driven by the value of the orchards themselves. Between the two, the Lot valley offers a fairly sought-after middle ground, priced somewhere between the Agenais and the Pays de Serres.
Check the commune's local planning document: in an agricultural (A) zone, putting up a cabin, a chalet or a light leisure dwelling remains tightly regulated, whatever the plot's history, and an existing shelter is only worth something if it was properly authorised. On farmland, particularly sought after in the Agenais, the SAFER land agency frequently exercises its right of pre-emption, with a risk that the price will be revised down if it strays from local land prices, especially on the best orchard plots.
Also check access to the plot (rural track, right of way, landlocked parcel), the frequent absence of water and electricity away from villages, and flood zones along the Lot and the Garonne. Have the exact cadastral area and any boundary survey confirmed, especially on hillsides split between several owners over successive inheritances, where the actual boundaries do not always match the cadastral map, and access rights can be left unclear.
The listings of recreational land in Lot-et-Garonne published on ma-propriete.fr come from private sellers, estate agents and notaries. Filter by area, price or land type (orchard, meadow, woodland), then set up an e-mail alert to follow new plots as soon as they are listed, particularly the sought-after orchard parcels. Widen your search to recreational land for sale in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, including the neighbouring Dordogne.
