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The Morge valley
Description
In the rich cereal-growing plain of the Limagne region, the Morge valley offers a cool, relaxing stroll along the water's edge. The path is dotted with adobe buildings, old mills and panoramic views of the Chaîne des Puys and Tournoël castle.
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Additional information
Distinctions
Listed PDIPR
Tips
- The cool banks of the Morge.
- The old Champeyroux mill.
- The reach of an old mill (a reach is an irrigation channel, dug into the earth and rock or made of wooden planks supported by beams).
- A dovecote made of pisé (a method of building walls from raw earth).
- View of the Chaîne des Puys and Tournoël castle.
Updated by
Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - 02/06/2026
www.puydedome-tourisme.com/
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Environments
Waterside
In the country
Presence of livestock and guard dogs
Open period
From 01/01 to 31/12 daily.
Subject to favorable weather.
Contact
Phone : 04 73 86 89 80
Email : contact@plainelimagne.fr
Website : https://www.plainelimagne.com/
Topo guides and map references
Topo guides references :
2014 - Randos à croquer - Discovering the Puy-de-Dôme - Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme
2017 - Nature hikes - Discovering the Puy-de-Dôme - Puy-de-Dôme Departmental Council
Type of land
Ground
Location complements
From Riom, take the D 224 to Ennezat, then the D 210 towards Randan to Champeyroux (4 km after Ennezat).
Reception complements
For your own safety, always take a bottle of water, a hat, warm clothing and footwear suitable for walking.
Depending on weather conditions, certain itineraries are not recommended in bad weather (fog) or are not practicable, or even forbidden, during the winter season.
Some sites are fragile, so stay on the marked trails. Avoid picking wild flowers and disturbing wildlife. Pick up your garbage.
Animals are not allowed on some routes.
Guidebook with maps/step-by-step
1/ From the parking lot, head for the calvary, take rue du val de Morge, then rue des Lilas to the left, then rue du val de Morge to the left. Leave the village via rue du Moulin. After the old Champeyroux mill, take the right-hand path along the Morge to join the D 429.
2/ Cross the road and take the path opposite. At the fork in the road, keep right to reach Buxerolles (on the right, you'll see an old mill). In Buxerolles, take the asphalt road to the left as far as Place des Noyers (on the left, "La Borie" mansion with its adobe dovecote).
3/ At the grassy median, turn right into rue des Lilas, then left into rue du Moulin until you reach the D 327, which you take on the right for 100 m. Cross the Morge on the metal bridge and take the second farm track on the right for 150 m. Turn right again onto a winding grassy track that passes under the high-voltage line and rejoins the road. Turn right at the crossroads, then left to enter Villeneuve l'Abbé. Take rue de l'Abbaye on the left as you go up (beautiful adobe barn on the right), then the first street on the right to reach Place des Marronniers.
4/ At the crossroads, turn right down rue de la Morge for 50 m, then left along the river (view of the Chaîne des Puys and Tournoël château). Continue as far as the crossroads.
5/ Turn right, then left, on a grassy path alongside meadows. Cross the Morge on the footbridge and turn right to reach Champeyroux.
Proposed and managed by the Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - PDIPR.
Animals
Yes. Dogs must be kept on a leash due to the presence of herds.
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