From the Opal Coast to the royal forests of Oise, a gîte for sale in Hauts-de-France serves large markets close at hand: Parisians, Lille residents, Belgians, the Dutch and the British, who arrive through the Channel Tunnel or the ports of Calais and Dunkirk. The region has landscapes that are little known from afar: Cap Blanc-Nez and Cap Gris-Nez, the Baie de Somme, the Flemish dunes, the Saint-Omer marshes, the hedgerows of the Avesnois and Thiérache, and the great forests of Compiègne, Chantilly and Retz. Heritage is dense: the cathedrals of Amiens, Beauvais and Laon, belfries, the UNESCO-listed mining basin, the châteaux of Chantilly and Pierrefonds, and Great War memorial sites from the Chemin des Dames to the Somme.
Properties here are mostly large: renovated farmhouses with gîtes and equestrian facilities, character homes on several hectares, manors with outbuildings, main houses with several furnished gîtes and even large tourist estates. This page is for buyers after a house with gîte, investors ready to take over a trading business and owners preparing to sell. To follow new properties, set up an email alert (in French).
As of 25 September 2026, 9 listings of gîtes in Hauts-de-France are published on ma-propriete.fr. The median asking price is €1,197,000; half of them are priced between €695,250 and €1,329,000, within an overall range of €359,992 to €3,599,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Hauts-de-France was €175,000 (average €183,979), or €1,686/m² of living space, for 108 m² on an average plot of 1,942 m², based on 11,950 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €90,000 and one in ten above €290,000. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €164,000 to €175,000 (+6.7%); over the last year the change is +2.9%. The national median is €189,200.
| Indicator (2025) | Hauts-de-France | France |
|---|---|---|
| Median price | €175,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €183,979 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €90,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €290,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,686/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 108 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 1,942 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 11,950 | 150,313 |
By department:
| Department | Median price 2025 | Average price 2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2020-2025 | Sales 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aisne (02) | €139,000 | €142,076 | €1,356/m² | +6.9% | 2,139 |
| Nord (59) | €192,000 | €202,949 | €1,729/m² | +6.7% | 2,388 |
| Oise (60) | €200,000 | €206,280 | €2,034/m² | +0.0% | 2,530 |
| Pas-de-Calais (62) | €186,000 | €195,185 | €1,747/m² | +12.7% | 2,578 |
| Somme (80) | €159,000 | €166,279 | €1,565/m² | +9.7% | 2,315 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €140,500 (deep countryside) to €215,000 (tourist coastline). For a tourism business, coastal and tourist-inland municipalities are the relevant benchmark.
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), 79 sales were recorded in Hauts-de-France in 2025, at a median of €756,800; over 2021-2025 the regional median is €644,600 for 477 sales. The table gives the breakdown by department.
| Department | Sales | Median price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aisne (02) | 42 | €440,500* | €338,100 – €601,700 | 1,245 |
| Nord (59) | 161 | €732,200 | €412,000 – €1,338,500 | 2,080 |
| Oise (60) | 123 | €770,000 | €418,400 – €1,348,000 | 2,108 |
| Pas-de-Calais (62) | 110 | €613,600 | €379,700 – €1,303,000 | 1,759 |
| Somme (80) | 41 | €520,000* | €400,000 – €650,000 | 1,458 |
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 Hauts-de-France and prestige property prices in Hauts-de-France (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
For a gîte, two DVF benchmarks matter. On the tourist coast, the median country house sold for €215,000 over 2020-2025, against €155,000 in tourist inland communes and €140,500 in remote rural ones: distance to the sea outweighs everything else. Gîte properties with several units and land then belong to the large-home market, where the regional median is €644,600 over 2021-2025, well below the national €822,000. Departments differ: €200,000 for a country house in Oise, €139,000 in Aisne. The sharpest rise since 2020 was in Pas-de-Calais (+12.7%), driven by the Opal Coast, while Oise has stayed flat.
The coast, from the Flemish shore through the Opal Coast and Le Touquet to the Baie de Somme, attracts holiday and weekend demand; purchase prices are highest and the loi Littoral (coastal planning law) limits new building. Just inland, the Boulogne hinterland, the Seven Valleys around Montreuil-sur-Mer and Hesdin, the Marquenterre and the Vimeu offer cheaper houses within reach of the sea. To the north and east, inland Flanders, Artois, the Avesnois and the Thiérache rely on hedgerow countryside, walking, cycling, food and heritage, with local guests all year. In the south, Oise and southern Aisne benefit from proximity to Paris: forests, châteaux, the Champagne vineyards around Château-Thierry and regular short breaks. The A1, A16, A26 and A29 motorways structure the region; Lille-Europe, Calais-Fréthun and TGV Haute-Picardie stations link it to Paris, London and Brussels, and Lille-Lesquin, Beauvais and Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airports complete the picture. Our article on where to buy a gîte (in French) explains the trade-offs.
Most buildings are brick, with chalk and cob in Picardy, limestone in the Soissonnais, Valois and Boulonnais, and blue stone in the Avesnois. Courtyard farms and barns suit conversion, but the damp climate means budgeting for roofing, insulation, ventilation and heating. Natural hazards are well mapped: marine flooding and coastal erosion on the shore, drained lowlands in maritime Flanders, groundwater flooding in the Somme, Lys and Oise valleys, and underground cavities left by quarries and the Great War on the Picardy plateaux. Read the risk report attached to the compromis de vente, the preliminary sale contract. Septic systems outside villages are inspected by the local SPANC service. Each gîte is a meublé de tourisme (furnished holiday let): since the law of 19 November 2024, the mairie (town hall) has more powers and energy performance requirements are being phased in. The national online registration service the law provides for is not yet in place and is expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2026. For a barn project, see our guide to converting a barn into a gîte (in French).
The former Nord-Pas-de-Calais is more densely populated, with a large pool of nearby guests from Lille, Belgium and Britain who fill gîtes at weekends all year, especially on the Opal Coast and in Flanders. Picardy (Somme, Oise and Aisne) often has lower purchase prices, except in southern Oise, and attracts Parisians to the Baie de Somme, the forests and the memorial sites.
Start from the country-house price: a regional median of €175,000 in 2025, from €139,000 in Aisne to €200,000 in Oise. A property already fitted with several gîtes costs considerably more. Add notaire fees (the notary who handles the sale), furniture and compliance work, then test the figures with our holiday rental profitability simulator (in French).
Ask for recent bookings and accounts, and check each unit's registration and rating, the septic inspection and the mandatory surveys. The sale goes through a compromis then a final deed before a notaire; if the website, contracts and customers are included, part of the deal may be a fonds de commerce (business goodwill). Our gîte buying guide (in French) covers every step.
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