10-Bed French Bastide Estate on 11.5 Acres with River Frontage – Vacation Home in Mirepoix



Midi-Pyrénées, Ariège, Mirepoix, France, Mirepoix (France)
10 Bedrooms · 6 Bathrooms · 868m² Floor area
€775,000
House
No parking
10 Bedrooms
6 Bathrooms
868m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
On a still morning in the Ariège, the Hers River catches the early light just beyond the stone terrace, and the only sounds are birdsong and the faint rush of water over the weir. That's your garden. Those 300 metres of private riverbank are yours. And that 250-year-old bastide rising behind you — warm limestone, deep-set windows, a history you can feel in every thick wall — that's yours too.
This is a rare kind of property, the sort that stops you mid-scroll and doesn't let go. Situated near the medieval village of Camon, one of France's officially designated Plus Beaux Villages, this estate sits in nearly 11.5 acres of mature parkland and working grounds in the heart of Midi-Pyrénées. Mirepoix itself — with its extraordinary 13th-century arcaded market square, its Wednesday and Saturday markets piled with Ariège cheeses, Gascon duck confits, and seasonal vegetables — is just minutes away. This isn't a place that imitates the French countryside. It simply is the French countryside.
At 868 square metres of living space spread across three distinct buildings, the property operates almost as a self-contained hamlet. The main bastide house holds five bedrooms and three bathrooms, fully restored without stripping out the soul of the thing. Original stone floors, thick timber beams, fireplaces wide enough to stand in — all intact, all brought up to modern standard. The reception rooms get afternoon light in long, generous slabs. The kitchen has been equipped to actually cook in, which matters when you're an hour from Toulouse and not rushing anywhere.
Directly connected to the main house, the renovated annexe is where the scale of this estate really hits you. Stone flooring runs throughout the ground floor reception areas, warmed from beneath by underfloor heating — a detail that makes shoulder-season entertaining genuinely comfortable rather than aspirational. A fully fitted kitchen and formal dining room open directly onto a full-length stone terrace that looks out over the gardens and river valley beyond. Upstairs, a Great Hall with a minstrel's gallery reached via a stone spiral staircase is the kind of room that makes guests go quiet when they first walk in. It's not decorative. It works — for dinners, for music, for the kind of gathering that people talk about for years after.
The third element is a separate stone building housing two independent two-bedroom apartments, positioned above the garages and workshop. Private, comfortable, and entirely self-contained, they're ideal for extended family who want proximity without living in each other's pockets, or for guests if you're running the estate as a hospitality venue. The ground floor of this building offers serious additional potential — rough conversion estimates suggest stabling for up to five horses, subject to local authorisations, or further accommodation depending on your vision.
The grounds pull everything together. Landscaped gardens with a waterfall feature frame the main house. The 11.5 acres divide naturally across a quiet rural lane, giving you both the private inner garden and the wilder outer land with its river frontage. For anyone with equestrian interests, the terrain and existing infrastructure make this immediately viable.
Living here through the seasons is its own education. Autumn in the Ariège means truffle markets in Auzat, mushroom foraging along the Hers, and the Pyrenean foothills turning rust and gold on the horizon. Winter brings ski days at Ax-les-Thermes, just over an hour away, and long evenings by the fire with a Cahors red. Spring arrives early at this latitude — the gardens come back fast, the river swells, and the Cathar country around Foix and Montségur starts drawing walkers and history lovers in from across Europe. Summer is exactly what you'd hope: long warm evenings on the terrace, the Fête de la Bastide in Mirepoix, and the kind of unhurried pace that makes you resent ever booking a hotel holiday again.
Toulouse-Blagnac Airport is roughly 80 kilometres north — around an hour by car — with direct flights to London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, and beyond. Carcassonne Airport, popular with budget carriers, is even closer at around 60 kilometres. This is, in practical terms, one of the more accessible rural estates in the southwest.
For international buyers, France remains one of Europe's more straightforward property markets for non-residents. Notarial conveyancing provides strong legal protections, and the Ariège continues to offer genuine value compared to the Dordogne or Provence, with prices per square metre that still reflect a region not yet overrun by the second-home premium. The estate's layout and scale make it a credible candidate for events licensing — weddings, retreats, corporate gatherings — with the Great Hall and terrace combination already largely fit for purpose.
Key features at a glance:
- 250-year-old French bastide, fully restored to modern standard in good condition
- 868 m2 of total living space across three buildings
- 10 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms across the estate
- Nearly 11.5 acres of grounds including mature gardens and a waterfall feature
- 300 metres of private Hers River frontage
- Great Hall with minstrel's gallery and stone spiral staircase in the annexe
- Stone terrace opening from the annexe kitchen and dining room
- Underfloor heating throughout the annexe ground floor
- Two independent two-bedroom guest apartments in the stone outbuilding
- Ground floor outbuilding with potential for stabling up to 5 horses
- Equestrian facilities on site
- Minutes from Mirepoix's medieval arcaded market square
- Adjacent to Camon, one of France's Plus Beaux Villages
- 60km from Carcassonne Airport, 80km from Toulouse-Blagnac
- Strong potential as an events, wedding, or hospitality venue
Properties like this don't come back to market often. An 11.5-acre riverfront estate with this much usable space, this close to a living medieval town, in a region still flying under the radar of mainstream international buyers — the window for finding value here is not indefinitely open.
To arrange a private viewing or request the full property dossier, contact the Homestra team directly. We work with trusted local notaires and can connect you with English-speaking legal and tax advisors experienced in French property acquisitions for international buyers. Come and walk the river. Stand in the Great Hall. Some properties need to be felt in person, and this is one of them.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 10
- Size
- 868m²
- Price per m²
- €893
- Garden size
- 89302m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 6
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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