Recreational land for sale in Grand Est: listings and 2025 prices

Looking for recreational land for sale in Grand Est means covering a region of forests, ponds and vineyards that runs from the Ardennes to the Vosges ridges, through the chalky plains of Champagne and the ponds of the Lorraine Woëvre, across ten departments whose landscapes differ sharply from one another across the region. On this page, ma-propriete.fr gathers the listings of recreational land for sale across the region: a plot with a pond for fishing, beech or spruce woodland, a former vine-growing hillside, a plot with a cabin by a river.

You will find price benchmarks drawn from actual sales, an overview of the areas where these plots are concentrated and the points to check before buying a parcel classified as agricultural or natural. Read first our guide on whether you can plant trees on agricultural land: it sets out what the local planning rules allow from one commune to the next.

How much does recreational land cost in Grand Est in 2025?

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 Grand Est, the median price and the range between the first decile (floor) and the ninth decile (ceiling), with the national figure for comparison.

Bare agricultural land is above the national median (€5,307/ha), with the median price moving +0.5% between 2020 and 2025. Woodland trades above 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: €5,611/ha of bare land is €0.56/m², against €3.19/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 pond price observatory. Source: DVF (Demandes de valeurs foncières), 2025 sales, processed by ma-propriete.fr; medians published from 30 sales upwards.

What makes recreational land for sale in Grand Est specific

Ponds, forests and former vineyards: recreational land in Grand Est

Lorraine, in Meuse and Moselle, holds most of the region's ponds, a legacy of the former fish-farming activity of the Woëvre and the Moselle pond country, often lined with reeds and willows and dotted with old fishing huts. The Vosges range, across Meurthe-et-Moselle, the Vosges department and Bas-Rhin, adds vast beech, fir and spruce forests, sought after for firewood and hunting. In Champagne, in Marne and Aube, old grubbed-up vine plots offer hillside land to develop, while the Ardennes still holds large broadleaf forests.

In Haute-Marne, the hedgerow meadows of the Langres plateau mix with beech woods and small streams, while Haut-Rhin offers vineyard hillsides and Vosges foothill woods reaching down towards the Rhine plain near Mulhouse and Colmar. A fishing cabin or an old winegrower's hut sometimes comes with these plots, but its legal status must always be checked carefully before buying, along with any water catchment or spring found on the land itself.

Where to look: the Moselle pond country, the Vosges, Alsatian hillsides and Champagne

In Moselle, the pond country around Dieuze, Sarrebourg and the Lindre pond holds most of the supply of stretches of water, with easy access via the A4 motorway. In Meuse, Lake Madine and its surroundings, along with the Woëvre near Étain, add to this supply. In the Vosges, the high valleys around Gérardmer and Saint-Dié offer conifer woods, while Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin, between Sélestat, Colmar and Mulhouse, combine vineyard hillsides and Vosges forest. In Marne, the areas around Reims and Épernay concentrate old grubbed-up vineyards.

The Ardennes, around Rethel and Vouziers, and Haute-Marne, near Langres and Chaumont, offer the region's most affordable meadows and woods, away from the main routes and the larger towns. The renowned Moselle ponds and the Alsatian vineyard hillsides sell well above the regional average, itself already well above the national average for both agricultural land and woodland alike, department after department.

Points to check before buying in Grand Est

The local planning document (PLU) remains the key reference: in an agricultural (A) or natural (N) zone, a chalet, a light leisure dwelling or a mobile home cannot be installed freely, and parking a caravan for an extended period is regulated. On the ponds of Moselle and Meuse, the French water law requires knowing the status of the water body, the condition of the dam and the outlet, and the resulting maintenance obligations. Several areas, notably in the Woëvre and the pond country, are classified as wetland or Natura 2000.

Water and electricity rarely reach isolated plots in the Vosges and Ardennes forests. On land classified as agricultural, the SAFER land agency may exercise its right of pre-emption, with a risk of a downward price revision if the asking price departs from local land values, which already sit above the French median in this region. Finally, check access (rural track, right of way, landlocked parcel) and the exact cadastral area before signing.

The listings of recreational land in Grand Est published on ma-propriete.fr come from private sellers, estate agents and notaries across the region's ten departments. Filter by area, price, department and the presence of a pond, then set up an e-mail alert to be notified as soon as a new plot is listed. You can also widen your search to rural property for sale in Grand Est.