FORET DE MERCOIRE
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FORET DE MERCOIRE

A few kilometres from Langogne, you can appreciate the calm and charm of this immense forest (11,000 ha) where at its summit (the Moure de la Gardille 1503m) the Allier, the Langouyrou and the Chassezac take their source. Its altitude varies between 970 and 1,503 m.

A few kilometres from Langogne, you can appreciate the calm and charm of this immense forest (11,000 ha) where at its summit (the Moure de la Gardille 1503m) the Allier, the Langouyrou and the Chassezac take their source. Its altitude varies between 970 and 1,503 m. The forest shelters in its heart the old monastic and Cistercian abbey of Mercoire, converted into a farm.

The forest of Mercoire, was in the 18th century, the place where many people were victims of the Beast of Gévaudan (1764 to 1767).

You will be able to practise various activities such as hiking (passage of the GR70, GR470, PR), horse riding, mountain biking (FCC mountain bike area of Gévaudan)...