Chassagné - Pommerou

Discover Pommerou, a charming little village, tucked away in the Aunis countryside, off the beaten track, yet well worth a visit. Here you can admire a few old Charente-style houses, tastefully restored.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 11.24 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 15 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 16 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 16 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 31 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 14 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: La Jarne (17220)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 46.131233° / W 1.052735°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 1329ET
  • Hour-by-hour weather

Description of the walk

(S/E) Start: Chassagné silos car park, at a place called Plaisance. Leave the dead-end path and head towards the D 204.

(1) Cross over and take the “white” path opposite to return towards the railway line and follow it to the SNCF pylon.

(2) At the pylon, turn right onto a formerly tarmac-surfaced track. After about 300m, you’ll reach a junction.

(3) Leave the road on your left and the track on your right to continue straight ahead on a dirt farm track. When you reach Route de Cassemortier, which leads to Clavette, first turn right then left and follow Chemin de Coupe Gorge straight ahead to the St Rogatien silo.

(4) At the silo, cross Route de Haute Garde (D310)8 and continue straight ahead to the D108 (ZI Périgny - Clavette). Cross the D108 straight ahead and arrive at a crossroads.

(5) Take the first track on the right, pass under the high-voltage power lines and continue straight on to reach Pommerou (beautiful stone houses). Walk through the entire hamlet.

(6) On leaving Pommerou, turn right after a bend. Turn into the first road on the left 250m before reaching the D108. At the first houses in Clavette, turn right along the edge of the estate with grey wooden houses, Rue des Palènes.

(7) At the hairpin bend, in front of the glass recycling bins in the Rue des Palènes housing estate, take a path on the right across the fields, up to the hedge. Continue left until you reach the D108. Cross the road and continue to the very end of Rue de la Laiterie.
Turn right onto Route de Cassemortier. After 350m, take the first left.

(8) At the small copse, turn right, pass one of the region’s last vineyards, then follow the path alongside a second small copse.

(9) At the pumping station, turn left and, at the end of the path, left again. At the first fork in the path, take the right-hand path towards the village of Chassagné, visible a few hundred metres away. Turn right again before the Route de La Jarrie (D 204).

(10) The path joins the original route; follow it to the left, alongside the railway line and then the D 204.

(S/E) At the junction, cross over to reach the silo car park.

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 15 m - Chassagné silos car park
  2. 1 : km 0.27 - alt. 15 m - Cross the D204
  3. 2 : km 1.39 - alt. 15 m - SNCF pylon
  4. 3 : km 1.75 - alt. 16 m - Crossroads and start of the circular loop
  5. 4 : km 3.11 - alt. 24 m - St Rogatien silo
  6. 5 : km 3.82 - alt. 21 m - Turn right
  7. 6 : km 5.28 - alt. 30 m - On leaving Pommerou, turn right
  8. 7 : km 6.44 - alt. 25 m - Containers at the Palènes housing estate
  9. 8 : km 7.55 - alt. 19 m - Small wood with beehives
  10. 9 : km 8.45 - alt. 16 m - Clavette pumping station
  11. 10 : km 10.44 - alt. 14 m - Outward route
  12. S/E : km 11.24 - alt. 15 m - Chassagné silos car park

Reviews and comments

4.1 / 5
Based on 6 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.3 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.3 / 5
Route interest
3.5 / 5
fiacre
fiacre

Overall rating : 3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 06, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

a landscape of large-scale cereal farms, electricity pylons...
Nothing to write home about!

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phbizet
phbizet

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 03, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

This route is really enhanced if you include the St-Rogatien nature trail. There are more hedgerows along the paths, making for a pleasant walk. There are few suitable spots for a picnic, apart from the playgrounds at St-Rogatien and La Clavette.

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josiane cousin
josiane cousin

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 26, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : Yes

A minor hiccup at level 7 – we couldn’t find the path opposite the bins, but as they’re building new roads, perhaps it’s been removed; however, we managed to find our way back onto Rue de la Laiterie and finished our walk.

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jcmonchy1955
jcmonchy1955

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 11, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

The card format has changed!
What a shame I have to buy one now!

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jccrv6
jccrv6

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 06, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A walk through the fields along stony or tarmac paths; we cross roads without actually walking on them, which is great.

Note: after point 7, the path is not maintained for about 300 metres.

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maverick54
maverick54

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 25, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

I think this walk must be even more enjoyable in spring

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