Victor Hugo trail to Thiraucourt

Follow in the footsteps of Victor Hugo's ancestors on a beautiful trail offering magnificent views in a varied landscape of pastures, crops and forests.
This route has little shade, so take care in hot weather.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 11.49 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 50 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 199 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 200 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 378 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 275 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Domvallier (88500)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 48.308618° / E 6.085624°
  • Accessible from the train station Gare de Mirecourt Hôtel le Luth.
  • Hour-by-hour weather

Description of the walk

This route partially follows the yellow rectangle markings, but not in its entirety, so we recommend following this description.

Starting point: Domvallier church. Car park next to the church.

(S/E) From the car park, go up Rue Victor Hugo on the right. At the top of the hill, turn left, then right, still on Rue Victor Hugo.

(1) After passing the town hall, turn left. The road quickly becomes a fairly steep grassy path that leads to the cemetery. At the end of the path, turn right to find the main entrance. The five graves of Victor Hugo's ancestors are nearby.
Continue opposite the cemetery exit on the small road until you reach the paved road, then turn left.

(2) At the crossroads, turn right, then continue straight ahead, following the yellow rectangle signs. There are some beautiful views and a few information panels describing the panorama. Ignore the path that descends to the right.

(3) When you reach the small stony road, turn right and descend to Ramecourt, ignoring the path on the left and the small road at the bottom right. Continue until you reach the village.
At the crossroads, a short detour to the left will take you to a statue and a large information board, as well as a site offering shelter and a picnic table.

(4) Retrace your steps and continue straight ahead. When you reach the junction with the D166, cross it and continue straight ahead on Rue de la Chapelle, continuing on this road until you reach and cross the old railway line.

(5) Turn right onto a wide white path and continue straight ahead, passing a building on your left.

(6) Turn left onto a wide grassy path between two plots of farmland. Leave the path on your left and continue straight ahead. The path then turns sharply to the right and joins a wide white road.

(7) Turn left onto the white path and then, a little further on, keep left towards the forest.

(8) Turn left, heading south. Enter the forest and continue straight ahead on a wide path uphill.
- For the entire forest section until you exit, follow the yellow rectangle markings (the yellow crosses indicate the wrong directions). If there are no landmarks on the ground, be sure to follow the markings. The Visorando app may be useful. When you exit the forest, go down the road.

(9) At the crossroads, ignore the yellow rectangle signposting that branches off to the left and continue right on the tarmac road.

(10) At a shelter, turn left down a stony path which turns into a grassy path and descends into the forest to reach Thiraucourt.

(11) In the village, turn right, go around the church and join the D17. A short detour to the left will take you to a pretty statue called "Main tenant" (winner of the "Monumentales Mirecourtiennes" public prize), as well as a bench and a bus shelter. Retrace your steps and continue straight ahead towards the village exit. Find a picnic spot a few metres down a small street on the left (return trip).
At the village exit, turn right and go up a small paved road that becomes rocky.

(12) At the top of the hill, turn left onto the white road and continue straight ahead, rejoining a section of the road you took on the way there.

(8) Continue straight ahead and join the D17, which you follow to the right until you reach the D166. Cross it carefully, enter the village and head for the church and the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 281 m - Saint Vallier Church
  2. 1 : km 0.37 - alt. 303 m - Fork in the road to the right
  3. 2 : km 0.78 - alt. 329 m - Crossroads
  4. 3 : km 2.11 - alt. 323 m - Small stony road
  5. 4 : km 3 - alt. 276 m - Road junction - Val d'Arol (ruisseau)
  6. 5 : km 3.51 - alt. 287 m - White path after the old railway line
  7. 6 : km 3.75 - alt. 293 m - Grassy path between two fields
  8. 7 : km 5.04 - alt. 320 m - White path on the left
  9. 8 : km 5.54 - alt. 333 m - Crossroads of the loop
  10. 9 : km 7.68 - alt. 346 m - Tarmac road on the right, abandoned dance hall. Rect Jaune
  11. 10 : km 7.92 - alt. 348 m - Go down to the left opposite the shelter
  12. 11 : km 8.35 - alt. 297 m - Entrance to Thiraucourt
  13. 12 : km 9.34 - alt. 349 m - Wide white path
  14. S/E : km 11.49 - alt. 281 m - Saint Vallier Church - Val d'Arol (ruisseau)

Notes

Fountain in Thiraucourt

Benches and picnic tables in Ramecourt and Thiraucourt and a table at WP 12

Worth a visit

Ramecourt shares its church and cemetery with Domvallier

Note the church in Domvallier with its roofless bell tower.

In Mirecourt: Museum of French Stringed Instrument Making and Bow Making, House of Mechanical Music and Lace.

Reviews and comments

lemarcheur65
lemarcheur65 ★
• Edited:

Hello
Message received and I'll take care of the WPS order.

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fanfan
fanfan

Hello,
In response to your comments, I would like to clarify that my WP are placed during reconnaissance of the terrain. They are therefore in the correct order of progression and adapted to the terrain.
You modified them, so it is your responsibility.

The moderators are responsible for deciding which walks are published. I did not have to check your version as it had already been published.

It was when talking about Victor Hugo that I came back to this route, and the change from the first WP alerted me.

Apart from this WP problem, your version contains errors that I should not have detected. However, any criticism will come directly to me; the moderator is never held responsible.

Out of respect for hikers who dare to embark on this route, I have corrected the errors that could lead to misdirection in the field.
All other changes are your responsibility and I will not intervene.

Best regards
Fanfan

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lemarcheur65
lemarcheur65 ★

Hello Fanfan

I understand your reaction.

the distribution of the WPs has been completely revised

For my part, I have put all these WPs in chronological order.
For example, WP 8 was added because it is a fork in part of the A/R route.
it had the number 12 on the return leg.
Our way of doing things is to add WPs as we progress along the route.
So WP 12 becomes WP 8, and so on.
Now, by following this order of positioning for the WPS, you can easily modify the description if any errors have been made.

the description has been corrected in several places where strange terms such as "tracer" were used.

Change the verb(s) and term(s).

More seriously, parts of the text are missing, leading hikers astray, or have been incorrectly copied, causing them to look for non-existent paths.

Modify the description as best you can, based on what you have seen.
With my apologies.

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lemarcheur65
lemarcheur65 ★

Hello Fanfan

I understand your reaction.

the distribution of the WPs has been completely revised

For my part, I have put all these WPs in chronological order.
For example, WP 8 was added because it is a fork in part of the A/R route.
it had the number 12 on the return leg.
Our way of doing things is to add WPs as we progress along the route.
So WP 12 becomes WP 8, and so on.
Now, by following this order of positioning for the WPS, you can easily modify the description if any errors have been made.

the description has been corrected in several places where strange terms such as "tracer" were used.

Change the verb

More seriously, parts of the text are missing, leading hikers astray, or have been poorly rewritten, causing them to look for non-existent paths.

Modify the description as best you can
With my apologies.

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fanfan
fanfan

Hello,
I am "fanfan", the author of this hike.
Following the moderation of this route, I regret the extensive corrections made to our description.

  • the distribution of waypoints has been completely revised,
  • and the description has been corrected in several places using strange terms such as "tracer".
  • More seriously, parts of the text are missing, leading hikers astray, or have been poorly rewritten, causing them to search for non-existent paths.

We take great care in describing our routes, which are ALWAYS PREPARED ON THE GROUND to provide a clear and realistic picture of the environment and any potential difficulties.
We return to the terrain if we encounter the slightest doubt during the description, or if part of the route is too difficult or likely to be lost.
We only describe hikes in our region.
We return to the terrain if a hiker reports a difficulty encountered.

Do moderators do the same before allowing themselves to correct everything?
This calls into question the quality of the routes we use when travelling outside the region.

Fanfan

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