Chémerette to La Bazouge-de-Chémeré walking route

From Vaiges, take the D152 towards La Bazouge-de-Chemeré. Park in the village hall car park.

(S/E) With your back to the car park, turn right onto the main road (D130) and continue up to the junction with the D152 towards Vaiges, opposite a sports ground. Turn right and follow this road until the first crossroads.

(1) Turn left towards Les Crosneries. Carry on straight ahead until you reach the first track on the right. Continue past this track until you reach a track on the left with a wayside cross.

(2) Take this track to rejoin the D130.

(3) Turn left, then turn right towards La Thébaudière. Follow the track at the end of the tarmac road. Continue to the end of the track.

(4) Turn left. Follow the tarmac road back up to the junction with the departmental road.

(5) Cross the D152 (temporary road) and continue straight on. On your right, you’ll see the Château du Coudray (private). Ignore two paths on the right. After the second one, you’ll reach the green path.

(6) Turn left onto this path. Continue straight on, then cross the Ruisseau de Chémerette. You will reach a place called Le Gravier. Pass through it and continue to the junction.

(7) Turn left onto the tarmac road and continue to the D152. Turn right towards the village, then right onto Rue du Roquet. Turn left onto Rue de l’Étang, then left onto Place de l’Église. Finally, take Rue du Porche to reach the D130 and return to the car park where you started (S/E)

La Bazouge de Chémeré Town Hall – 1 rue du Pont, 53170 La Bazouge de Chémeré // 02 43 90 51 07

Restaurant: Le Petit Comptoir

Toilets: near the town hall, by the lake and in the courtyard behind the village hall

Old mine chimneys: 1 km from Pré Bellanger stand the chimneys of the former
anthracite mines, which closed in 1930. In 1848, 640 miners worked here, out of the 1,000 employed
in the Mayenne. They went on a mass strike in 1850 – a first!

Church: Built in the 12th century, it is dedicated to Saint Gervais and Saint Protais. It contains beautiful
17th-century tuffeau altarpieces, as well as murals, including the ‘Dict des trois morts et
the Three Living’ (1585), the only one of its kind in Mayenne.

Château du Coudray, St Denis du Maine: A former manor house extended in the 18th century and subsequently restored in the 19th, it is partially surrounded by a moat. Built of local stone with tuffeau stone window and door frames and a slate roof, it has been listed as a historic monument since 1985.