A gîte for sale in Doubs serves guests who come for mid-mountain country, fir forests and rivers rather than beaches. From Besançon, whose Vauban citadel is a World Heritage site, to the Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans, and from the Loue valley to the Saut du Doubs waterfall, Lake Saint-Point and the Métabief slopes, the department has two seasons: walking and canoeing in summer, cross-country skiing in winter.
Rural buildings lend themselves to holiday lets: large Franche-Comté farmhouses whose barns can hold one or more units, stone village houses in the valleys and chalets in the Haut-Doubs. This page is for buyers after a house with gîte, for those taking over a business and for owners getting ready to sell. An email alert (in French) tells you when new properties are published.
As of 25 September 2026, there are no gîtes for sale in Doubs listed on ma-propriete.fr. Across the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, 16 listings show a median asking price of €519,500, ranging from €280,000 to €989,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Doubs was €224,920 (average €231,971), or €2,097/m² of living space, for 112 m² on an average plot of 1,535 m², based on 1,307 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €120,000 and one in ten above €351,981. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €197,000 to €224,920 (+14.2%); over the last year the change is +3.1%. For comparison: €157,000 in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Doubs | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €224,920 | €157,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €231,971 | €168,680 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €120,000 | €74,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €351,981 | €279,670 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €2,097/m² | €1,525/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 112 m² | 108 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 1,535 m² | 2,805 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 1,307 | 11,450 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €206,850 (peri-urban countryside) to €304,375 (tourist inland). For a tourism business, coastal and tourist-inland municipalities are the relevant benchmark.
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourist inland (hinterland, mountains) | €304,375 | €3,005/m² | -5.5% | 146 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €206,850 | €1,923/m² | +2.9% | 4,147 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €240,000 | €2,192/m² | +11.9% | 3,256 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the regional (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) benchmark is a median of €520,000 over 2021-2025, with an average of €589,700, a P10–P90 range of €367,200 to €863,000 and 1,438 €/m² of living space, over 222 sales. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (2025) | 43 | €590,000* | €658,100 | €385,000 – €1,004,000 | 1,714 |
| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (2021-2025) | 222 | €520,000 | €589,700 | €367,200 – €863,000 | 1,438 |
| France (2025) | 981 | €822,000 | €1,321,400 | €428,000 – €3,100,000 | 2,308 |
Sources: listings published on ma-propriete.fr on 25 September 2026 (asking prices, not sale prices); ma-propriete.fr observatories of country house prices in Doubs and prestige property prices in Doubs (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
Doubs is the region's most expensive department for country houses: a median of €224,920 in 2025, or €2,097/m², against €157,000 across Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. For a gîte, the benchmark is the tourist inland category, in practice the mountains: the median there reached €304,375 over 2020-2025, above the Besançon and Montbéliard commuter belt (€206,850). That segment fell by 5.5% between 2021 and 2025, while remote rural areas rose by 11.9%. A property with several units moves towards the large-home market, where the regional median is €520,000 over 2021-2025; Doubs has too few sales for its own figure.
The department rises in three steps. In the north and west, the Doubs and Ognon valleys, Besançon and the Montbéliard area offer moderate prices, passing trade and quick access via the A36 motorway and the high-speed rail stations of Besançon Franche-Comté and Belfort-Montbéliard. The first plateaux, around Ornans and the Loue valley, attract anglers and canoeists. The Haut-Doubs, from Pontarlier to Morteau and the Mouthe valley, is true mountain country, where Métabief and the Grande Traversée du Jura trails provide a winter season. Proximity to Switzerland, where many locals work, pushes prices up.
The Franche-Comté farmhouse has a huge roof, a tuyé, the wide chimney once used to smoke meats, and sometimes walls clad in wooden shingles (tavaillons). Insulation, heating and a snow-bearing roof weigh heavily on a renovation budget. The limestone ground is karstic: check the water supply of isolated farms and have the private septic system inspected by the SPANC, the local inspection service. The loi Montagne restricts new building in the Haut-Doubs, and riverbanks can flood. Each gîte is a meublé de tourisme (furnished holiday let): the law of 19 November 2024 created a national registration service, gave the mairie (town hall) more powers and phased in energy performance requirements (see the new holiday-let rules, in French).
Expect a median of €224,920 for a country house in 2025, more in the mountains. A farmhouse already split into several gîtes sits closer to the regional large-home range, where eight sales in ten fell between €367,200 and €863,000. Our article on what a gîte costs (in French) sets out the main value factors.
A trading gîte brings guests and bookings, but the price reflects them. Converting a barn costs less upfront but means works, permits and a first season to build. Compare both routes with our article buy or create a gîte and our holiday rental simulator (both in French).
After the compromis de vente, the preliminary contract, the notaire prepares the final deed. Check that each unit has its registration number, that its energy rating still allows letting, and that the septic system has been inspected. If the customer base, website and contracts are sold, part of the price may be a fonds de commerce (business goodwill), separate from the property.
Widen your search to gîtes for sale in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, especially neighbouring Jura, Haute-Saône and Territoire de Belfort, or further west Côte-d'Or. Or browse all gîtes for sale in France. Own a gîte in Doubs? List your property on ma-propriete.fr.
