Walk in the Azannais

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A very pleasant walk with sweeping views.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 9.74 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 15 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 155 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 154 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 327 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 226 m
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Description of the walk

(S/E) From the church at Azannes-et-Soumazannes, walk up through the village, keeping the cave on your right. Stay on the stony path, pass a path on the right and arrive at a crossroads.

(1) Continue straight on to the wayside shrine (Croix de Saint-Donat).

(2) At the wayside shrine, turn right to reach Ville-devant-Chaumont (downhill).

(3) Before entering the village, go round the farm and turn left towards the woodland. Ignore the paths on the left and enter the woods via a narrow, winding path for about 500m until you reach a wide clearing.
Leave the forest and follow the edge to reach a road; you are now at the mountain (vast panorama).

(4) Turn left towards Azannes.

(2) At the Croix de Saint Donat, turn right to reach the edge of a pond. Head up the path on the left that runs alongside it, then rejoin the original path.

(1) Follow it to the right until you reach the village (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 226 m - Church of Azannes-et-Soumazannes
  2. 1 : km 1.27 - alt. 270 m - First junction on the circular loop
  3. 2 : km 1.97 - alt. 312 m - Croix de Saint-Donat
  4. 3 : km 3.56 - alt. 263 m - Ville-devant-Chaumont
  5. 4 : km 5.64 - alt. 327 m - On the left
  6. S/E : km 9.74 - alt. 226 m - Church of Azannes-et-Soumazannes

Worth a visit

On a clear day, the cooling towers of the Cattenom nuclear power station (near Thionville, Moselle) are visible.
The wind turbines in the Longwy area are also visible.

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 5 reviews
Reliability of the description
4.4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.2 / 5
Route interest
4.2 / 5
SERGE B
SERGE B

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 26, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk with a few scenic spots. You do need to be careful in the forest. The path you need to take is on the left, but there’s no longer any clear trail. If you continue along the main path, you’ll come to a junction; take the path on the left and you’ll rejoin the correct route after walking at least 500 metres (to be confirmed).

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le_randonneur55
le_randonneur55

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 10, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk in the hills but be careful, there’s a path through the woods that’s becoming overgrown… (found thanks to the GPS)

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NathaliePlumail
NathaliePlumail

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 07, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

At the edge of the pond stands a memorial to the village of Soumazannes, which was completely destroyed in 1916 and not rebuilt after the First World War: should a comment be added at waypoint (3), before the end of the circular route?

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nboukra
nboukra

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 12, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A lovely, pleasant walk, with no particular difficulties.
The description is accurate.

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pierrejames
pierrejames

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 27, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

The walk is pleasant in good weather, as we experienced. It matches the description provided.

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