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The Chapel-sur-Usson
Description
In the Middle Ages, the village community was built around the chapel. Clinging to a volcanic peak facing the Puys chain, the Dore mountains and the Cézallier plateau, Usson is classified as one of the "Most Beautiful Villages in France".
Starting point - Take the direction of Coupe-Gorge and then turn left towards Solignat. In Solignat leave the asphalt road and go down to the left to reach a crossroads planted with a chestnut tree in La Chapelle-sur-Usson (Romanesque church Saint-Julien; panorama on the Cézallier mountains).
1 - Continue straight ahead to reach the washhouse at the crossroads at the entrance to Perrier.
2 - Take in the center to enter the village. 10 m before the water point on the left, go down to the right by a tarred road. At the treatment plant, continue to turn right and follow over Ruisseau des Pendillières; cross the Ruisseau des Mines by a bridge to go up to the D703.
3 - Turn right for about 800 m. Go up on the left a path that joins a paved road. Turn right for 100 m.
4 - Cross the D703 again and go down a grassy path opposite. In front of an old well go up on the left. In Les Martres, cross a tarred road to take opposite (old fountain from 1889). At the end of the village, turn right on a track below the D75 road. In Solignat, go up on the left the road previously used to reach Coupe-Gorge and the car park.
Technical Information
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Starting point
Additional information
Tips
- La Chapelle-sur-Usson: Saint-Julien Romanesque church.
- Panoramic view of the Cézallier mountains.
- The Pendillières and Mines streams.
- Heritage features: old well and fountain dating from 1889.
Updated by
Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - 03/06/2026
www.puydedome-tourisme.com/
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Environments
In the country
Mountain view
Presence of livestock and guard dogs
Distinctions
Listed PDIPR
Open period
From 01/01 to 31/12 daily.
Subject to favorable weather.
Location complements
At Issoire, leave the freeway at exit 13. Take the D996 towards Parentignat, then the D999 towards Le-Vernet-la-Varenne. In Sarpoil, turn right onto D214, then after Banzat turn left onto D24, direction La Chapelle-sur-Usson.
Contact
Phone : 04 73 89 15 90
Email : tourisme@capissoire.fr
Website : http://www.issoire-tourisme.com
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 start sign, go to the traffic circle and take the path under the house (view of the Monts du Cézallier). Go as far as the wash-house at the crossroads at the entrance to Perrier.
2/ Turn right onto the asphalt road into the village. 10m before the watering place on the left, turn right down a tarmac road. At the water treatment plant, continue downhill to the right and cross a bridge over a stream to go back up to the asphalt road (D703).
3/ Turn right for approx. 700 m. Go left up a wide path which joins a tarmac road. Follow this to the right for 100 metres until you reach the D703.
4/ Cross it and go down a grassy path (Viewpoint). Turn left at an old well. At Les Martres, cross a tarmac road to go straight ahead. -Old fountain 18810/. At the end of the village, fork right onto a track below the D75 road. Take the asphalt track on the right, then the first track on the left to reach the starting point.
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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