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The Roche de Mûrs path

in Mûrs-Erigné
5.4 km
1h 30min
Very easy

  • The “Roche de Mûrs” path, mixing urban and rural landscapes, will surprise you with its built heritage, its small port village atmosphere, but also the strong presence of vines and its unique rocky promontory overlooking the Loire river’s bed.

  • Pass through the little port village and take time to contemplate and admire nature along the Louet. Don’t forget to look up at the listed site of Roche de Mûrs, a rocky promontory that overlooks the valley.

    Tourist places
    - Old sand port: the extraction of sand “from Loire” began in the 19th century and was managed by the Allory family from 1882. Since the end of the 20th century, sand extraction along the Loire river’s course is forbidden.
    - The Republican monument, built in 1889, is...
    Pass through the little port village and take time to contemplate and admire nature along the Louet. Don’t forget to look up at the listed site of Roche de Mûrs, a rocky promontory that overlooks the valley.

    Tourist places
    - Old sand port: the extraction of sand “from Loire” began in the 19th century and was managed by the Allory family from 1882. Since the end of the 20th century, sand extraction along the Loire river’s course is forbidden.
    - The Republican monument, built in 1889, is a symbol of La Roche-de-Mûrs’s history and reminds the Republican concepts of freedom, equality and fraternity, where 600 Republicans died, some by throwing themselves down the cliff, during the battle “contre les Blancs”, the 26th of July 1793.
    - The blockhouse built during winter 1942-1943 was the centre of the system implemented in Érigné by the Kriegsmarine based in the château de Pignerolles in Saint-Barthélémy-d’Anjou.

    Equipment at your disposal
    - Picnic tables on the route

    Departure point
    - Sablierport, chemin des Prés in Mûrs-Érigné

    Practical information
    - Trail not passable during floods

    Circuit marked out in mauve.

    Download more information on this hiking trail (only available in french): http://bit.ly/Roche-de-Murs_Murs-Erigne

    Download the map of walks in and around Angers.
Points of interest
1 La Roche de Mûrs