With the Vendée coast, the Guérande peninsula and the Loire Valley, a campsite for sale in Pays de la Loire sits in one of the busiest outdoor hospitality areas on France's Atlantic seaboard. Sandy beaches and dune pine forests, the islands of Noirmoutier and Yeu, salt marshes, Loire châteaux, Anjou vineyards and the hedgerow country of the Mayenne and Sarthe attract French and European families, notably British, Dutch, German and Belgian, who often return year after year.
This page is for buyers planning to take over a campsite in the Vendée, Loire-Atlantique or further inland, investors seeking camping land for a new project or extension, and owners considering a sale. Properties range from classified campsites sold with their fonds de commerce (the trading business) to riverside or lakeside plots and rural estates with grounds suited to outdoor accommodation. Set up an email alert (in French) to hear about new listings.
As of 25 September 2026, there are no campsites for sale in Pays de la Loire listed on ma-propriete.fr.
Source: listings published on ma-propriete.fr on 25 September 2026 (asking prices, not sale prices).
A campsite is valued first on EBITDA (EBE in French accounts) over several seasons, plus land value when the property is sold with the business. Two markets coexist here: on the coast, demand is established and rental units fill well, but land is scarce and competition between sites is strong, pushing prices up; inland, plots are cheaper, but trade relies on a shorter season and passing guests such as Loire cycle-route riders, anglers and families. Star rating, water parks and the mobile-home fleet complete the picture.
The coast accounts for most activity. In the Vendée, from Saint-Jean-de-Monts to Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Les Sables-d'Olonne, campsites line the dunes and state forests. In Loire-Atlantique, the Côte d'Amour around La Baule and Le Croisic, the Guérande peninsula and the Côte de Jade around Pornic draw guests from Nantes and Paris. Noirmoutier and Yeu form a separate, sought-after but constrained market.
Inland, the UNESCO-listed Loire Valley, the Saumur area and its cave dwellings, the Loir, Mayenne and Sarthe valleys, the Alpes mancelles and the Marais poitevin in southern Vendée offer quiet waterside sites. The A11, A81, A83 and A87 motorways, TGV stations at Nantes, Angers, Le Mans and Laval, and Nantes-Atlantique airport provide access.
The loi Littoral (coastal planning law) sharply limits expansion near the shore. Storm Xynthia highlighted the exposure of low-lying coasts in the Vendée and Loire-Atlantique to marine flooding: campsites exposed to a natural hazard are subject to information, warning and evacuation requirements set by the authorities, and coastal risk plans should be checked at the mairie (town hall). Coastal erosion, wildfire in dune pine forests and flooding along the Loire and its tributaries also matter. Creating a site or significantly extending one requires a permis d'aménager (development permit), and the same applies to land for a PRL (parc résidentiel de loisirs), a holiday park for chalets and mobile homes whose plots are rented or sold. Also check the star rating, valid for 5 years, the pool complex, drainage and, in Anjou, soft tufa-stone buildings. Our white paper on creating a rural campsite (in French) sets out the steps.
The Vendée coast has many guests and a well-established season, but entry prices are high and competition is strong. Inland sites, from the Loire Valley to the bocage, need sharper positioning: cycling, fishing, heritage or unusual accommodation (in French). Our holiday rental simulator (in French) helps compare scenarios.
Listings here are campsites and parks sold outright; a park selling plots only appears in a complete sale. On the Atlantic coast, a chalet or plot resale is usually arranged through the park manager: read the rules, the split of charges and the opening period carefully, and ask your notaire (the public officer who handles property sales) to check the deed.
Gather several seasons of accounts, the rating decision, an inventory of units and equipment and planning consents. The property is conveyed by the notaire, while the fonds de commerce follows its own transfer formalities. A documented marketing strategy (in French) also reassures buyers.
To widen your search, browse all campsites for sale in France and tourism properties in Pays de la Loire. To test your budget, try our financing plan calculator (in French). Selling? List your campsite.
