La Chapelle-Saint-Aubert: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

La Chapelle-Saint-Aubert combines a varied landscape with architectural history, traces of historic routes and a clearly described circular trail.

Landscape

The Couesnon forms part of the southern boundary of the municipality of La Chapelle-Saint-Aubert. The village is situated in a hilly landscape with some broad valleys featuring gentle profiles and some narrow valleys with steep slopes. The incised valleys running through La Chapelle-Saint-Aubert include the Touru Valley. The municipality is characterised by a widely spaced bocage landscape with earth-covered embankments planted with various tree species, particularly oaks and broom.

Culture and history

The parish church of Saint-Aubert dates partly from the 16th century; extensions were added in the 18th century. Its choir probably dates from the 15th century. The church has a Latin-cross floor plan, a choir with a flat end and a wall bell tower. Inside, there is a 16th-century statue of Notre-Dame du Pont, which comes from the chapel at Pont-Notre-Dame.

The Notre-Dame-du-Pont chapel was erected before 1603 and was probably built in the first half of the 16th century. The former chapel has a pointed-arch doorway. Today, only the four walls protected by a new roof remain; in the 20th century, it was converted into a pigsty and a shed.

The Chemin Chasles also points to earlier times: it is a preserved fragment of the former Jublains–Corseul road and an important relic from the Gallo-Roman period. At Pont-Notre-Dame, the Chemin Chasles crosses the Couesnon; during works carried out there around 1863, the foundations of a Gallo-Roman building were uncovered. The former Manoir du Pont-Notre-Dame, as it is presumably, was built in 1656 and later converted into a farm. The Manoir de Gelle is notable for an axial door on the north façade; its straight lintel is profiled in the shape of a keel arch.

Hiking

The Circuit du Vendelais is a 10.6-kilometre hiking trail with 130 metres of elevation gain and a stated duration of 2 hours and 40 minutes. It starts at the car park by the church in La Chapelle-Saint-Aubert, runs along the Couesnon between La Chapelle-Saint-Aubert and Vendel, and is marked in yellow.

Other places

Le Châtellier, Bédée, Saint-Onen-La-Chapelle, Coësmes, Eancé, Clayes, Pipriac, Vern-Sur-Seiche

For the higher-level travel overview: Ille-Et-Vilaine.