A house in Langlade, designed for living and working at the pace of the South.

155.75 m² Carrez-law floor area · 4 bedrooms · pool · yurt · plot of nearly 1,700 m² · full south-facing aspect · Mediterranean orchard · 14 min from Nîmes.

A house shaped by its owners, for living life fully.

We redesigned this house as a permanent summer retreat — a place for hosting friends, cooking at length, working in good light, and slipping away to the yurt whenever you need to concentrate.

The large living space of nearly 57 m² opens due south onto the partly covered terrace. The central kitchen island, over 2 m² in footprint, naturally becomes the heart of the house — the domain of families who genuinely love to cook. A wood-burning stove keeps you company in winter and makes the room feel even warmer.

The layout was designed so that spaces can be completely separated according to the time of day: the master suite with its en-suite shower room upstairs, three bedrooms with their own bathroom on the ground floor that can be closed off from the rest, two offices, plus a fully equipped garden yurt (electricity, air conditioning, Wi-Fi) 10 metres from the house, a workshop, a chicken coop, and a glass greenhouse.

A comfortable, easy home all year round

We opted for a generous and resilient energy mix: central gas heating, a wood-burning stove in the living space, reversible air conditioning in the key rooms (master bedroom, offices, yurt), and mobile solar panels for supplementary consumption. A private borehole at just 9 metres depth feeds the irrigation, and the crawl space beneath the house provides natural cooling in summer. The result: a house that's easy to live in whatever the season, with an energy rating to prove it.

In short: a house that can welcome a whole tribe, absorb remote working by several people at once, put up parents or friends for days at a time, and give everyone — children, teenagers, adults, guests — their own territory, free from encroachment or background noise.

Aurélie & Eric Viard · owners · partners at Biovie

The house, room by room.

Six main rooms, two offices, a master suite upstairs, and a fully appointed 17 m² yurt ten metres from the house.

Living space

Open-plan dining room and kitchen. Central island of nearly 3 m², wood-burning stove, double aspect. Everything designed for families who spend their lives around the table.

Kitchen

Worktop, gas range, large sink, raw-wood units. Handmade tiled floor and sunny yellow wall. A living space as much as a kitchen.

Master suite

Bedroom with en-suite shower room and WC. Private south-facing balcony of 4.65 m². Fully separable from the rest of the house, it offers a truly private adult retreat.

Three ground-floor bedrooms

Served by a corridor that can be closed off: the children's, guests', or elderly parents' rooms all retain their privacy. Shared bathroom of 8.61 m².

Two offices

Two separate work spaces, designed for working from home as a couple, or for receiving clients and patients without disturbing family life.

The yurt

Equipped with electricity, air conditioning and Wi-Fi. Extra guest room, consulting room, creative studio: the 3^rd space everyone dreams of having.

A Mediterranean orchard at the end of a quiet lane.

Nearly 1,700 m², the southern section gently sloping — a configuration that makes any future construction in front of the house impossible, and keeps the plot out of any flood zone.

In front of the large terrace, a leisure area with the pool. Beyond it, an orchard:

• Many vine stocks
• 4 fig trees
• Clementine tree
• Feijoas
• Apricot trees
• Several olive trees
• Pomegranate trees
• Mirabelle plum tree
• 2 persimmon trees (kakis)
• 2 white mulberry trees
• Cherry tree
• Walnut tree

The pleasure here is being able to pick ripe fruit straight from the tree for nearly eight months of the year: the first mirabelles in June, then apricots, followed by two successive fig harvests, table grapes at the end of summer, pomegranates, persimmons closing the season in autumn, and clementines that last well into winter. An orchard like this requires little more than an annual winter prune and occasional watering from the borehole — far simpler to maintain than a vegetable plot. And for vegetables, the Vaunage is so abundantly productive in local market-garden produce, at such reasonable prices, that growing your own would almost be a shame.

A borehole at just 9 metres depth feeds the irrigation: easy to maintain, independent of the mains supply. Usable as domestic water. Self-sufficiency, in the most literal sense.

Langlade, a living village at the heart of the Vaunage.

The Vaunage — the small plain that stretches between Nîmes and the Cévennes — is one of the most sought-after areas in the Gard. Langlade is one of its most coveted villages: quiet, lively, well connected, surrounded by garrigue and pine woods.

Day-to-day life, on foot or by bike

The house sits in a very peaceful, south-facing cul-de-sac. The primary school is 800 metres away. The greenway — a former railway line — runs through the village: you can reach Sommières without crossing a single road, and on the other side an extension towards Nîmes is planned in the near future. A forest track already allows you to cycle all the way into Nîmes through the woods.

For shops and services, Langlade has retained a genuine village life. Everything is within walking or cycling distance:

For the weekly shop, you're spoilt for choice: a vibrant, committed Biocoop organic supermarket 5 minutes away in the neighbouring village of Saint-Dionisy, an organic market gardener and a producers' cooperative less than 3 kilometres away. Hiking trails set off literally from our lane, well trodden by walkers from across the Gard and beyond.

Everyday distances

Over ten years, we've travelled the length and breadth of France and explored more than 25 countries abroad — without our daily life ever being disrupted by travel. Langlade is an ideal departure point: motorways, TGV stations, airports — everything is within easy reach, without the fatigue of a big city.

TGV stations & airports — easy departures, from wherever you're headed

Schooling

Langlade has become a genuine educational hub for families who care about teaching quality. The state school is 800 metres away, and the mid-sized catchment secondary school is in the neighbouring village of Clarensac.

Two quality alternative schools round out the local offer:

L'École du Chemin — a trilingual nursery and primary school (French, English, Spanish) based in the village of Langlade. Small classes, daily excursions into the garrigue, and teaching methods drawn from alternative education movements. A privileged setting for the early years.

Collège et lycée Terre & Crayons — a progressive, nurturing secondary school in Codognan, less than 15 minutes by car. Cooperative teaching inspired by Freinet, Steiner and Montessori, with a focus on eco-citizenship and sustainable development. Served by public transport stopping at Bernis, at the foot of Langlade, and by the Vergèze-Codognan train station.

An exceptional valley with an exceptional climate.

For those unfamiliar with the region: the Vaunage is a small, green hollow set between Nîmes and Sommières, ringed by wooded hills that shield it from the prevailing winds.

The Vaunage and its villages, between Nîmes and Sommières

This sheltered valley configuration makes all the difference. While Avignon, a little further north-east, bears the full force of the Mistral sweeping down the Rhône valley, the Vaunage remains considerably more sheltered — you can dine outside without the napkins blowing away.

It is also one of the warmest areas in France on an annual average, with a level of sunshine that the northern half of the country can only dream of.

A paradise for walkers and cyclists.

Over the years, the Vaunage has become one of the favourite destinations for walkers from across the Gard. The gentle terrain, the waymarked and mapped trails, the Gallo-Roman remains on every hilltop, the fragrant garrigue, the dry-stone capitelles: an inexhaustible playground, less than a kilometre from the house.

The Nîmes — Sommières greenway runs through the village. This converted former railway line is hugely popular with cyclists and families: you ride on the flat, entirely car-free, for several dozen kilometres. And to cycle into Nîmes, a forest track lets you ride safely through the woods all the way to the edge of the city — without a single car in sight.

Setting off from Langlade itself, one of the most iconic walks leads to the Gallo-Roman oppidum of Nages, perched at 160 m. Panoramic views across the entire Vaunage, remnants of ramparts, centuries-old capitelles. On a clear day you can make out the Mediterranean, just 14 km as the crow flies.

Explore a flagship Langlade hike in 3D Buller à Langlade — imagine yourself a Gaul at the Oppidum de Nages

Woodland and ridge-top paths, panoramic views over the Vaunage, remains of a Gaulish oppidum.

The official figures, without the spin.

• Loi Carrez floor area (Carrez-law floor area)155.75 m²
• PlotApproximately 1,700 m², gently sloping towards the south
• Rooms6 rooms — including 4 bedrooms and 2 offices
• Year built1977 — extensively redesigned by the current owners
• AspectFull south-facing, with architectural sun-shading brise-soleil
• Heating (mixed system)Heat pump in selected rooms · wood-burning stove in the kitchen · natural gas central heating
• CoolingReversible air conditioning in the master bedroom, office, and yurt · crawl space beneath the entire ground floor providing natural summer cooling
• Supplementary energyMobile solar panels
• VentilationVMC (mechanical ventilation) via ducted system
• WaterMains supply + generous private borehole, reliable even in drought, at 9 m depth
• DrainagePrivate — septic tank officially non-compliant for around ten years, as is the case for approximately 70% of homes in the village.
• PoolAtypical, in the southern leisure area
• OutbuildingsYurt 10 m from the house — electricity, air con, Wi-Fi · workshop · storage · glass greenhouse · chicken coop
• TerracesMultiple terraces totalling over 120 m²
• Parking4 spaces in the courtyard + 1 private allocated parking space on the roadside
• RisksERP (mandatory risk disclosure) available — outside flood zone by virtue of the sloping terrain

Estimated annual energy costs for the property: between 1,640 € and 2,218 € (average prices indexed to 2021–2023, including standing charges)

The property is dual aspect, with an insulated roof, external shutters, and brise-soleil: the three features officially noted by the energy assessor for summer comfort.

Read the house at a glance.

Ground floor, upper floor, terraces, yurt, and pool seen from above. You'll see at once why the spaces work so well independently of one another.

Site plan — orientation and positioning on the plot

Ground floor — living space, bedrooms, offices and bathroom

For information only, overall view — ground floor, upper floor, terraces and outbuildings

The house in its best light.

Under the open skies of the Gard.

Does this feel like your next home?

We are selling directly at 469,000 €, the market price for this sought-after village in the Gard. Write to us with a few words about who you are — we reply promptly and will be happy to arrange a viewing.

60 chemin des Comminques · 30980 Langlade · Vaunage · Gard