Between the Loire estuary and the Atlantic, a gîte for sale in Loire-Atlantique appeals to guests who come for the sea as much as for Nantes and its vineyards. The Côte d'Amour from La Baule to Le Croisic, the walled town of Guérande and its salt marshes, the Brière regional nature park with its thatched cottages, the Côte de Jade around Pornic and Lake Grand-Lieu make up a busy summer coastline. Inland, Clisson and the Muscadet hillsides, the Erdre river and the Nantes-Brest canal draw cyclists and heritage lovers outside the peak season.
Properties here range from cottage complexes near the beaches to longères (long stone farmhouses) set in several hectares, equestrian estates with several dwellings and event-friendly gîtes in the Pays de Retz. This page is for buyers after a house with gîte, for those taking over a trading business and for owners preparing to sell. Widen your search to gîtes in Pays de la Loire and neighbouring Vendée.
As of 25 September 2026, 5 listings of gîtes in Loire-Atlantique are published on ma-propriete.fr. The median asking price is €1,263,000, within an overall range of €633,880 to €1,837,500.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Loire-Atlantique was €230,000 (average €238,421), or €2,302/m² of living space, for 106 m² on an average plot of 2,412 m², based on 3,119 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €135,900 and one in ten above €353,000. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €210,000 to €230,000 (+9.5%); over the last year the change is +0.4%. For comparison: €190,000 in Pays de la Loire and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Loire-Atlantique | Pays de la Loire | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €230,000 | €190,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €238,421 | €199,126 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €135,900 | €100,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €353,000 | €308,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €2,302/m² | €1,875/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 106 m² | 106 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 2,412 m² | 2,947 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 3,119 | 14,604 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €185,000 (deep countryside) to €330,000 (tourist coastline). 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 coastline | €330,000 | €3,508/m² | +3.7% | 800 |
| Residential coastline | €245,000 | €2,453/m² | +0.8% | 1,807 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €245,000 | €2,374/m² | +0.0% | 11,176 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €185,000 | €1,852/m² | +8.6% | 4,771 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the department benchmark is a median of €1,000,000 over 2021-2025, with an average of €1,196,200, a P10–P90 range of €525,000 to €2,000,000 and 2,814 €/m² of living space, over 111 sales. These homes average 364 m² of living space on 13,288 m² of land. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loire-Atlantique (2021-2025) | 111 | €1,000,000 | €1,196,200 | €525,000 – €2,000,000 | 2,814 |
| Pays de la Loire (2025) | 57 | €750,000* | €851,700 | €442,000 – €1,355,600 | 2,006 |
| Pays de la Loire (2021-2025) | 346 | €665,000 | €828,400 | €421,000 – €1,425,500 | 1,881 |
| 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 Loire-Atlantique and prestige property prices in Loire-Atlantique (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
For a gîte, the tourist coastline is the benchmark: country houses there sold for a median €330,000 over 2020-2025, or €3,508/m², against €185,000 in rural areas away from Nantes and Saint-Nazaire. A property with several units, grounds and a pool then enters the large-home market, where the department median reaches €1,000,000, the highest in the region. Note that peri-urban rural prices were flat between 2021 and 2025, while remote rural areas rose by 8.6%.
The Guérande peninsula and the Côte d'Amour have the strongest summer demand, but also the highest prices and tight planning limits. The Brière, just inland, offers canals and thatched villages at lower prices. South of the estuary, the Pays de Retz and the Côte de Jade combine family resorts, marshland and hedged farmland, and many longères with gîtes. The Nantes vineyards around Clisson suit wine tourism and weekend breaks, while the Châteaubriant area in the north is quieter and cheaper. Nantes Atlantique airport, the high-speed line to Nantes, continuing to Saint-Nazaire and La Baule, the N165 towards Brittany and the A11 to Paris make short stays easy.
Buildings mix granite and schist, and Brière thatch needs specialist upkeep and insurance. On the coast and in the estuary, marine flooding and erosion affect several municipalities, and the loi Littoral limits extensions; wetlands around the Brière and Grand-Lieu also restrict projects. The Loire and Sèvre Nantaise valleys are flood-prone: read the risk report attached to the compromis de vente, the preliminary sale contract. Outside villages, the private septic system, inspected by the local SPANC service, must serve every unit. Each gîte is a meublé de tourisme (furnished holiday let) registered through a national online service since the law of 19 November 2024; see our guide to opening a gîte (in French).
A longère divides well between the owner's home and a separate gîte. Check the roof timbers and covering, insulation, damp in the stone walls and septic capacity. Make sure the existing gîte is registered with the mairie (town hall) and that any extension fits the local zoning plan, especially near the coast.
Some properties combine lodging with events. A hall open to the public is classed as an ERP (public-access building), needs a safety committee opinion and, with amplified music, a noise impact study. Compare with the wedding venues for sale on ma-propriete.fr.
On the tourist coast a plain country house already reaches a median €330,000, and a cottage complex costs far more. Add notaire fees, furniture and compliance work, then test your income with our holiday rental simulator (in French).
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