Franche-Comté Houses, Homes and Architecture

We are pleased to offer comprehensive information about the different Franche-Comté houses and property types in this region of France. Franche-Comté, located in north eastern France boasts a variety of traditional French property types.


Different house types coexist in the French region: farmhouses in the plain, massive traditional properties, half-timbered with the base of the walls made of stone. The winegrower’s house, made of stone, always fitted with a cellar and often boasting outside stairs. Eventually the modest Franche-Comté mountain house with its wood or steel framed stone walls. Other typical houses in Franche-Comté are the Tuyé farmhouse and the front-gabled property.


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