Property & housing
Ministère des Affaires Foncières
Ministry of land affairs
Land itself belongs to the state, so what is bought and sold is a long-term right of use granted through this ministry and its local land offices — not freehold ownership as a German buyer would understand it.
What it does
- Cadastral survey
- Land registry
No counterpart recorded for France yet
We hold this body, but nothing has been verified as its equivalent in the other country. Ask for it and an editor will look.