I am interested in buying a house in the countryside that seems abandoned. How to find the current owner?

If you do not obtain this information from the neighbors or the town hall of the property’s location, you can find the name of the owner by contacting the Land Registry Service of the department where the property is located. (https://www.servicepublic.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F17759). You will have to provide the cadastral references of the property which you can find on the site www.cadastre.gouv.fr.