Frace Lake in Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis

A beautiful walk along Frace Lake, which is popular for fishing and walking, and on through the little town of Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis, where you can visit the Ouchettes cheese dairy and goat farm.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 10.96 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 10 
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    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
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    Vertical gain: + 14 m
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    Vertical drop: - 14 m

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    Highest point: 29 m
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    Lowest point: 14 m

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Description of the walk

Park in the Frace Lake car park in Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis.

(S/E) Follow the path between the lake and the canal (south-southwest).

(1) Take a wooden footbridge over a channel (the 3rd bridge), then continue along beside the canal. You will go through two cattle gates. At the end of the path, turn right onto the track signed as no through road (Voie sans issue): the grass track of Square du Bois Gaillard. Go through a gate and then carry on down to the end of the track.

(2) Turn left onto Impasse du Bois Gaillard (tarmacked lane). At the end of the lane, go past a tall pine tree, and then turn right onto Rue du Bois Gaillard. Go past the housing development with the same name and carry on past the campsite.

(3) At the roundabout by the public swimming pool, go straight on, taking Rue de l’Angle, and then take the first left onto Rue des Mouettes. Turn right onto Rue des Courlis and then left onto Rue des Herons and keep going until you reach the stop sign. Turn right onto Rue des Tilleuls and then take the first left onto Rue du Cormier.

(4) At the end of the road, turn right onto Rue du Godinet. At the stop sign, cross the road and go down Rue de la Folie du Godinet opposite you. About 250m before reaching the D939 (Route de Surgères), turn right onto an old tarmacked road surrounded by fields.

(5) Enter Aigrefeuille by Chemin Rochelais then at the stop sign turn right down the footpath that runs alongside Avenue du Grand Chemin. Just before the water reserve, turn down a small lane on your left, and then immediately take a right. At the end of the lane, turn left onto Rue des Ormes and carry on for about 150m. Take the road on your right, Route de Foirouse, which is signed as no through road, and follow it round the 90° turn to the left and onto a dirt track that bears right after a few dozen metres.

(6) Cross over the stream on the small wooden bridge. On the right, you will see some beautiful pollarded plane trees. The path comes out onto Rue de la Rivière, which you will need to take to the right, followed by an immediate left into Chemin des Ecoliers. Opposite the police station, turn right onto Avenue des Maronniers and carry on as far as the Village Hall (Salle des Fêtes).

(7) Fork left and go past the village hall, in the direction of the supermarket. Opposite the water tower, turn left and go past the metal market building alongside the car park. At the stop sign, cross Rue Saint-Christophe and take Rue du 19 March 1962 opposite you, which leads you past the edge of the cemetery.

(8) At the end of the cemetery, take the grassy path opposite you between the two hedges and carry on into the fields. At the end of the path, at the top of the hill, turn right onto a tarmacked track, and then left onto a small road until you reach a sharp bend to the left. At this point, leave the road, and go straight on down the dirt track.

(9) At the following crossroads, take the path on the right, Chemin des Grands Champs. In the hamlet of Panonnière, follow the road round to the right, cross over Route de Virson, and carry on down Chemin des Ardillaux until you reach the end. Turn right and cross the D113 leading to Le Péré (be careful of traffic) and take Rue de Frace opposite you.

(10) After 150m, at the sign for "Chaumeau", take the dirt track on your right, then at the fork bear left.

(11) You will go past the farm, which you will see on your left, and then the track turns into a small tarmacked road and comes out on a corner of Chemin des Ouchettes, which you then need to take to the left in the direction of Frace. At the stop sign, continue straight on down Route aux Moines until you reach the lake car park about 300 metres further on to your left (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 15 m - Lac de Frace car park
  2. 1 : km 0.72 - alt. 15 m - 3rd wooden footbridge
  3. 2 : km 1.45 - alt. 17 m - Bois Gaillard housing estate
  4. 3 : km 1.93 - alt. 17 m - Municipal swimming pool
  5. 4 : km 3.03 - alt. 18 m - Rue du Godinet
  6. 5 : km 4.14 - alt. 20 m - Entering Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis
  7. 6 : km 5.01 - alt. 18 m - Small wooden bridge
  8. 7 : km 5.71 - alt. 22 m - Salle des Fêtes
  9. 8 : km 6.27 - alt. 20 m - Path in the hedge
  10. 9 : km 7.67 - alt. 24 m - Crossroads
  11. 10 : km 9.47 - alt. 16 m - Chaumeau panel
  12. 11 : km 9.94 - alt. 18 m - Ouchettes Farm
  13. S/E : km 10.96 - alt. 15 m - Car park

In the nearby area

Ouchettes farm (11) : farm goats’ cheeses for sale.

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 27 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.7 / 5
Clarity of route map
4.7 / 5
Route interest
3.6 / 5
YANNANDILLY
YANNANDILLY

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of walk : Apr 03, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Busy trail : No

Hello,
A parish specific to Brittany, a very pleasant tour in very good weather,
A little confusion (point 3) rue des Courlis, rue des Hérons.
(Note that in this commune the street name signs are positioned "Perpendicular to the entrance to the street") - Certainly a lot of housing estates!
Very pleasant parish specific to Brittany, great picnic spot.

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Tiki
Tiki

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of walk : Apr 21, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Busy trail : No

The Lac de la Frace is pleasant but very small. The circuit through the housing estates of aigrefeuille d'Aunis is of no interest. I do not recommend this walk.

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mirabel54
mirabel54

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of walk : May 01, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Busy trail : No

Tour du Lac very pleasant, circuit shortened to 7 km (and to avoid the passage through the housing estate in view of the remarks made in the comments). Note that farmhouse cheese sales are only available in the afternoon. A lovely walk.

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wylander
wylander

In the end, we went to the Lac de Frace Bocage in Virson.

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Jidhé
Jidhé

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of walk : Oct 13, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Busy trail : No

The start and the lake at Frace are pleasant and worthy of interest, but the rest is disappointing. The route through the housing estates of Aigrefeuille d'Aunis is of no interest whatsoever, you just walk for the sake of walking. Fortunately, there are the plane trees, but for the rest...
The end after the cemetery is pleasant. For picnics, the only very pleasant spot is around the lake.

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Kilometrezero
Kilometrezero

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of walk : Mar 21, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Busy trail : No

A very "cool" hike, Viso's description impeccable, but crossing housing estates ....! Well, good all the same

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vivale
vivale

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of walk : Apr 10, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Busy trail : No

very nice walk.
Well-detailed route.

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mirabel54
mirabel54

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of walk : Mar 31, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

A beautiful course, especially around the lake, very well laid out and maintained, pleasant especially at this time of year, with few crowds. Picnic facilities, various family activities.

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isarouselle
isarouselle

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of walk : Aug 16, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Busy trail : No

A very pretty route along the lake. The crossing of housing estates could be avoided.

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maverick54
maverick54

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of walk : Jul 19, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Busy trail : No

Very good description of the walk, the GPS track is reliable

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jmejas
jmejas

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of walk : Jun 20, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Busy trail : No

Not a very interesting walk, apart from the discovery of the Lac de Frace, which deserved a full tour. It's a shame that only one side of the lake is visible along the way.
As for the rest, the labyrinthine discovery of the new housing estates in Aigrefeuille d'Aunis doesn't seem to me to merit such a trip: the attraction isn't the most picturesque. You really can't call it a "beautiful walk"; there's no justification for it.
It would have been wiser to focus the route on the immediate surroundings of the lake and the surrounding farm tracks.

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phbizet
phbizet

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of walk : May 20, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Busy trail : No

Wanting to favour the countryside over the beach on this Ascension Day, I didn't do so well. Because of the coronavirus, Lake Frace, the main point of interest on the walk, was off-limits, even in dynamic mode, forcing me to take the road to complete the itinerary.
The village section is the most interesting, as the gardens (even in the housing estates) are magnificent at this time of year.

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Josetteaubry
Josetteaubry

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of walk : Feb 20, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A lovely walk, often in the middle of the fields! 👍🏼
All along the canal, very pretty in the sunshine 🌞
We took a little diversions to visit the church!

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REPLAT17
REPLAT17

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of walk : Feb 14, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing

Not much nature, apart from the lake, which is by far the only focus of this walk. Passage through fields as far as the eye can see, with no trees or river. Too much tarmac and uninteresting towns, especially housing estates.
On the other hand, the route is very well explained.

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claude artaud
claude artaud

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of walk : Nov 04, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Nice walk. The paths were a little damp for the time of year. Walking shoes obligatory.

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