From Jard-sur-Mer to Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard

In Jard-sur-Mer, you can explore Sainte-Radegonde Church and Sainte-Anne Chapel, catch a glimpse of the miniature Eiffel Tower (in summer) and the Moulin de Conchette, and stroll along the beautiful Boisvinet Beach.
Continuing along the coast on the coastal path, the route will then take you to Clémenceau’s house in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard.
The return journey to Jard-sur-Mer will then take you through the national forest.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 9.71 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 50 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 9 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 9 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 16 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 4 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Jard-sur-Mer (85520)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 46.420079° / W 1.574053°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 1227OT, 1328OT
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Description of the walk

By car: from Les Sables-d’Olonne / Talmont-Saint-Hilaire or Longeville-sur-Mer, take the D21 and stop at Sainte-Radegonde Church in Jard-sur-Mer. The car park is located next to the church on Place Sully.

By coach: line 550, get off at the Cimetière stop, very close to Sainte-Radegonde Church (check timetables on the Aléop network for the Pays de la Loire region).

(S/E) From Place Sully, take Rue Paul Baudry, which leads to the village centre. At the end of this street, turn right onto Rue Sainte-Anne and continue for 20 metres.

(1) Turn left onto Rue des Écoliers (a narrow lane), then right towards Place de la Mairie (where all the shops are). Then rejoin Rue Sainte-Anne, passing the chapel of the same name on your right.

After passing the retirement home, turn left onto Rue Victor Hugo, then right onto Rue des Pins. At the next junction, go straight on and enter the forest. Ignore the first paths branching off to the right and left and stay on the central path until you reach a three-way junction (with a bench).

(2) Continue right onto Chemin de la Conche à Marais until the first junction.

(3) Turn left onto Chemin des Chênes (in summer, look out for a miniature wooden Eiffel Tower at number 4), then right onto Route de la Forêt and finally left onto Route de Madoreau, which leads down to the sea.

(4) At Madoreau, turn left onto Route des Goffineaux until you reach the junction with Chemin des Mimosas.

(5) Turn right onto this road, then left onto Rue des Gâts Greneaux and immediately right onto Rue du Village du Port, which leads to the port of Jard-sur-Mer.

(6) Follow the harbour along the coastal path, passing the Moulin de Conchette on your left before heading towards the beaches of Boisvinet. At the end of the harbour car park, turn left onto Rue de Morpoigne.

(7) At the roundabout, turn right onto Rue des Sables d'Or. At the end of this street, head towards the Boisvinet Beach car park. Cross it and, at the end, continue along the coastal path.

(8) Cross a second car park and continue along this coastal path. Turn left at the end of this path, going round the back of the Maison de Clémenceau site in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard.

(9) Turn left onto Rue Georges Clémenceau and, at the roundabout, turn left. At the next roundabout, go straight on along Rue des Buchette until the end of the street.

(10) Turn left onto the path through the woods, going round the campsite, then take the second left. Continue straight on along this path, which leads to Rue des Câlines in Jard-sur-Mer.

(11) Turn left onto this street, then right onto Rue du Général de Gaulle and right again onto Rue des Écholères.

(12) At the roundabout (car park, boules court), turn left onto Rue Jean Moulin, then right onto Rue Georges Clémenceau. Once you reach the car park of the École Jacques Tati (on the left), cross it towards the Église Sainte-Radegonde (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 13 m - Car park at the - Eglise Sainte-Radegonde
  2. 1 : km 0.36 - alt. 11 m - Ruelle du Chemin des Écoliers
  3. 2 : km 1.05 - alt. 12 m - Chemin de la Conche to Marais
  4. 3 : km 1.7 - alt. 12 m - Biche x Chênes x Conche Marais junction
  5. 4 : km 2.3 - alt. 9 m - Madoreau
  6. 5 : km 2.94 - alt. 9 m - Junction of Route Goffineaux and Chemin Mimosas
  7. 6 : km 3.4 - alt. 7 m - Port and Shops
  8. 7 : km 3.87 - alt. 9 m - Roundabout, harbour
  9. 8 : km 4.57 - alt. 11 m - Coastal path
  10. 9 : km 6.45 - alt. 4 m - Clémenceau’s House
  11. 10 : km 7.42 - alt. 10 m - Cul-de-sac, Rue des Bûchettes
  12. 11 : km 8.77 - alt. 13 m - Forest path
  13. 12 : km 9.24 - alt. 9 m - Roundabout, boules court car park
  14. S/E : km 9.71 - alt. 13 m - Car park at the - Eglise Sainte-Radegonde

Notes

Toilets along the route: at (S/E) (at the top of Rue Paul Baudry), then in the town centre, at the harbour and on the beaches of Boisvinet and Jard-sur-Mer, as well as opposite the entrance to Clémenceau’s house in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard.

Much of the route can also be covered via the beaches between the points (4) Madoreau and (9) Maison de Clémenceau. Please take care and exercise caution, as this is not possible at high tide and slows down progress. In any case, you must go around the Port of Jard-sur-Mer.

Worth a visit

Sainte-Radegonde Church: a church originally founded around the relics of Sainte-Radegonde brought from the Abbey of Sainte-Croix in Poitiers.

Saint Anne’s Chapel: there is an ex-voto on the ceiling: a small 17th-century wooden boat.

Miniature Eiffel Tower: on private property, Chemin des Chênes, and visible from the path during the summer months.

Conchette Mill: a fully renovated late 19th-century windmill.

Permanent exhibition at the port: photographs of the Port of Jard-sur-Mer from various periods of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Georges Clémenceau’s House: his holiday home where he spent his last ten years, official website

Reviews and comments

4.2 / 5
Based on 6 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.2 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.2 / 5
Route interest
4.3 / 5
marcheavecvisorando
marcheavecvisorando

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 21, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A route through nature, forests and holiday homes, passing by the Clemenceau house, a green square with a guinguette offering refreshments and comfort

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elices
elices

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 16, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful hike combining sea and forest

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User 6964274

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 10, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Overall, it was fine, but thank goodness we had GPS on our phone because, without the street names in town, we were just wandering around aimlessly and, inevitably, going the wrong way. Generally satisfied

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pomm
pomm

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : May 23, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The trail starts at the end of the road that runs past Lieudieu Abbey; park in the last car park well past La Mine beach.... The trail runs through the shade of a woodland and then along the coast....Please be careful not to get too close to the edge of the cliff overlooking the ocean... risk of the very sandy ground crumbling...

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Pat 91
Pat 91

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 17, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Not very busy at this time of year.

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jepetoo
jepetoo

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 07, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

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