International buyers find property in the Hérault attractive as the department has a pleasant climate, lively cities and lies on the Mediterranean coast.
Hauts-de-France, literally “the heights of France”, is the northernmost region, from north of Paris, up to the Belgian border and including the Channel ports of Dunkirk, Calais and Boulogne. The coast here is named the Opal Coast (Côte d’Opale) and its 120 kilometres includes resorts like Le Touquet.
The Dordogne is a department in inland southwest France, within Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Famous for its picturesque villages, rivers, rolling hills, bastides, castles and chateaux, it’s long been a magnet for international buyers, with 6% of its properties owned by foreign non-residents.
Creuse may not have the instant name recognition of Normandy or the Riviera, but with 8% of homes owned by non-resident foreign buyers [1] this department must have something about it.