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Saint-Maigner
Description
This walk from the village of Saint-Maignier winds its way through wide paths leading to the pastures and hedgerows of the Combrailles plateau. The views of the Combrailles are breathtaking.
Technical Information
Altimetric profile
Starting point
Steps
Additional information
Tips
- Views of the Combrailles.
- Pastures and hedgerows on the Combrailles plateau.
- Romanesque church.
Updated by
Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - 22/09/2026
www.puydedome-tourisme.com/
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Environments
In the country
Presence of livestock and guard dogs
Distinctions
Listed PDIPR
Open period
All year round daily.
Subject to favorable weather.
Location complements
From Pontaumur, go to Saint-Gervais-d'Auvergne and then to Pionsat. Take the D13 to Saint-Maigner. Car park on the Place de l'Église.
Contact
Phone : 04 73 85 80 94
Email : contact@tourisme-combrailles.fr
Website : https://www.combrailles-auvergne-tourisme.fr/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/OfficeTourismeCombrailles/
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 signpost near the war memorial (Romanesque church), head towards Pionsat. After 50 m, turn left onto the D525; go downhill and then uphill to the village of La Boële. At the stop sign, turn left onto a wide track. Go straight up to a crossroads.
2/ Turn right; go straight on for 1 km to a road (D517). Immediately turn left onto a track which descends, crosses a stream and then rises again. Continue, ignoring the paths on the right, until you reach a T-junction.
3/ Go left downhill and, at the next fork, turn right. Ignore the side paths. Reach signpost 1. Turn right and reach a road. Immediately turn left down a wide track (with views of the village and surrounding area). At the road, turn left to reach Saint-Maigner.
Proposed and managed by the Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - PDIPR.
Animals
Yes. Dogs must be kept on a lead due to the presence of herds.
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