Looking for a gîte for sale in Meurthe-et-Moselle means betting on a department that combines a major art city, river valleys and the first Vosges foothills. Place Stanislas and the neighbouring squares of Nancy, a World Heritage site, the École de Nancy art nouveau museum and the château of Lunéville draw culture lovers; Toul's ramparts and vineyards, the Premonstratensian abbey at Pont-à-Mousson, the hill of Sion and the Pierre-Percée lake add variety. Guests include business travellers, families on the move, cyclists and visitors from Luxembourg and Belgium.
Across Grand Est, gîtes mostly come with an old farmhouse, a large period house or a group of units. This page is for buyers after a rural gîte or a house with gîte, for those taking over a trading gîte and for owners preparing to sell. Sign up for an email alert (in French) covering Meurthe-et-Moselle.
As of 25 September 2026, there are no gîtes for sale in Meurthe-et-Moselle listed on ma-propriete.fr. Across the Grand Est region, 4 listings show asking prices from €200,000 to €1,375,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Meurthe-et-Moselle was €186,000 (average €194,026), or €1,685/m² of living space, for 118 m² on an average plot of 1,499 m², based on 1,219 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €92,000 and one in ten above €304,920. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €169,200 to €186,000 (+9.9%); over the last year the change is +4.7%. For comparison: €150,000 in Grand Est and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Meurthe-et-Moselle | Grand Est | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €186,000 | €150,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €194,026 | €156,757 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €92,000 | €70,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €304,920 | €255,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,685/m² | €1,400/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 118 m² | 112 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 1,499 m² | 2,025 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 1,219 | 7,886 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €127,500 (tourist inland) to €190,000 (peri-urban countryside). 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) * | €127,500 | €1,154/m² | -18.0% | 32 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €190,000 | €1,701/m² | +3.1% | 4,943 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €158,000 | €1,456/m² | +8.6% | 2,306 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the department benchmark is a median of €615,000* over 2021-2025, with an average of €650,400, a P10–P90 range of €401,000 to €960,700 and 1,700 €/m² of living space, over 57 sales. These homes average 364 m² of living space on 6,084 m² of land. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meurthe-et-Moselle (2021-2025) | 57 | €615,000* | €650,400 | €401,000 – €960,700 | 1,700 |
| Grand Est (2021-2025) | 149 | €550,000 | €600,800 | €371,900 – €892,000 | 1,475 |
| 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 Meurthe-et-Moselle and prestige property prices in Meurthe-et-Moselle (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
Meurthe-et-Moselle is the most expensive department in Grand Est for a country house: a median of €186,000 in 2025, or €1,685/m². Peri-urban communes around Nancy and, in the north, within reach of Luxembourg push the median to €190,000. Tourist inland communes, few in number, sit around €127,500 and fell 18.0% between 2021 and 2025, so the most scenic setting is not the dearest. A property with several gîtes, however, belongs to the large-home market, with a departmental median of €615,000 and eight sales in ten between €401,000 and €960,700.
The corridor from Pont-à-Mousson through Nancy to Lunéville has the towns, services and business guests: a gîte can work all year, but prices are highest. To the west, the Toulois and its vineyards, partly in the Lorraine regional nature park, combine mirabelle plum orchards, villages and the Moselle valley, followed by the Voie Bleue cycle route. To the south, the Saintois and the hill of Sion offer open, quiet countryside. To the east, the Lunéville area and the Vosges foothills around Baccarat, Badonviller and Pierre-Percée lake suit walkers, anglers and water-sports fans, at lower prices. In the north, the Pays-Haut around Longwy and its Vauban fortifications lives by cross-border work in Luxembourg. The A31 and A33 motorways serve the department, Nancy has TGV services to Paris and Metz-Nancy-Lorraine airport is close by.
The traditional Lorraine house is a long terraced farmhouse, with living quarters, barn and stable in a row under a shallow roof of curved tiles, fronted by an open strip called the usoir. The volumes suit gîte conversion, but central rooms lack light, so budget for openings and insulation. In the Pays-Haut, former iron mines expose some communes to subsidence, covered by prevention plans; the Moselle, Meurthe and Vezouze valleys can flood. Read the risk report attached to the compromis de vente. Septic systems are inspected by the SPANC service. Each gîte is a meublé de tourisme (furnished holiday let) registered online since the law of 19 November 2024. Our article on where to buy a gîte (in French) compares locations.
The Lunéville area, the Vosges foothills and the Saintois offer quiet villages, forests and lower prices than around Nancy. Demand is more seasonal: walking, fishing and the lake.
Yes: Nancy's hospitals, universities and firms bring weekday lets outside holidays. These guests expect reliable internet, a desk and easy road or rail access; stays are shorter, which means more cleaning and check-ins.
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