Where France meets Luxembourg and Germany, a gîte for sale in Moselle draws on a cross-border clientele close to home. Metz, with its Gothic cathedral and the Centre Pompidou-Metz, appeals to city-break visitors; the Lindre pond country, the forests of the Pays de Bitche, the Moselle valley vineyards and the Donon massif cater for nature lovers. Maginot Line forts, crystal works and the Arzviller boat lift round off the heritage.
A typical property pairs a Lorraine house or old farm with one or two holiday lets in the former barn, sometimes several units around a courtyard. It is written for buyers seeking a house with gîte, for those taking over an existing business and for owners planning a sale. Browse all tourism properties in Moselle and set up an email alert (in French) for new listings.
As of 25 September 2026, there are no gîtes for sale in Moselle listed on ma-propriete.fr. Across the Grand Est region, 4 listings show asking prices from €200,000 to €1,375,000.
DVF data does not cover this department: in Alsace-Moselle, sales are recorded in the Livre foncier (land register) and are not published in the DVF database, so the regional figures apply.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Grand Est was €150,000 (average €156,757), or €1,400/m² of living space, for 112 m² on an average plot of 2,025 m², based on 7,886 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €70,000 and one in ten above €255,000. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €136,400 to €150,000 (+10.0%); over the last year the change is +4.2%. The national median is €189,200.
| Indicator (2025) | Grand Est | France |
|---|---|---|
| Median price | €150,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €156,757 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €70,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €255,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,400/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 112 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 2,025 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 7,886 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €125,500 (deep countryside) to €165,000 (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 coastline * | €145,000 | €1,282/m² | -23.7% | 32 |
| Residential coastline | €140,000 | €1,354/m² | -17.9% | 565 |
| Tourist inland (hinterland, mountains) | €137,462 | €1,350/m² | +14.6% | 1,622 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €165,000 | €1,529/m² | +6.2% | 22,855 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €125,500 | €1,178/m² | +7.4% | 23,366 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the regional (Grand Est) benchmark is a median of €550,000 over 2021-2025, with an average of €600,800, a P10–P90 range of €371,900 to €892,000 and 1,475 €/m² of living space, over 149 sales. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Moselle and prestige property prices in Moselle (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
DVF data does not cover Moselle, where sales are recorded in the Livre foncier land register, so the benchmarks are regional. In Grand Est, country houses in tourist inland communes sell for a median €137,462, up 14.6% between 2021 and 2025, while peri-urban rural areas reach €165,000. Much of rural Moselle lies within commuting range of Metz, Thionville or Luxembourg, so the second figure matters more in the north than around Bitche. A gîte property sits above both, usually below the regional median for large homes (€550,000). Ask a local notaire for recent sale references.
The north, from the three-border area to Sierck-les-Bains and the Moselle valley, attracts Luxembourg, Belgian and German guests, and prices are pushed up by cross-border commuters. Around Metz, city tourism, vineyards and short breaks go together. In the east, the Pays de Bitche lies within the Northern Vosges regional nature park, with pink sandstone, forests, walking trails and fortifications. The south, from the Saulnois to Sarrebourg, combines ponds, the Lorraine regional nature park and the Vosges foothills, at lower prices. The A4 and A31 motorways cross near Metz, the Lorraine TGV and Metz stations link to Paris, and Metz-Nancy-Lorraine airport completes access.
On the Lorraine plateau, terraced village houses have barns that convert well into gîtes; around Bitche and Sarrebourg, pink Vosges sandstone dominates. Two local issues deserve attention: the former coal and iron-ore mining areas, where subsidence risks appear in the risk report, and the Moselle, Sarre and Nied valleys, which can flood. In Alsace-Moselle the sale is entered in the Livre foncier, and the notaire, the public officer handling property sales, checks the extract. Each gîte is a registered meublé de tourisme (furnished holiday let). The law of 19 November 2024 provides for a national online service to assign the registration number; it is not yet in place, with opening planned for the fourth quarter of 2026. An optional star rating (in French), from 1 to 5 stars and valid for 5 years, reassures foreign guests.
Alsace-Moselle records property transfers in the Livre foncier, a system inherited from the German period, which is not part of the public DVF database. The figures shown are therefore regional. Compare listings, ask the notaire for local sale references and consider a professional valuation.
Northern Moselle welcomes Luxembourg, Belgian and German families for short stays, plus visitors drawn by the fortifications and the Moselle valley. A well-rated gîte listed on several platforms finds demand beyond the summer holidays. Check past bookings and repeat guests before you buy.
You sign a compromis de vente (preliminary contract), then the final deed before the notaire, followed by entry in the Livre foncier. If the website, customers and contracts are transferred, part of the deal may be a fonds de commerce (business goodwill). Check each unit's registration and the formalities for running a gîte (in French), then follow our gîte buying guide (in French).
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