Montgenost: Holiday apartments and houses

Montgenost is one of the municipalities within the ZNIEFF Forêt domaniale de la Traconne, forêts communales et bois voisins à l'ouest de Sézanne. At the same time, the area is considered to be particularly rich in limestone as part of the Coteaux du Sézannais. The continued existence of the village of Montgenost is attributed to ongoing winegrowing activity; Champagne Benoit Cocteaux is located in Montgenost on the Route touristique du Champagne.

For a stay in Montgenost around the Route touristique du Champagne, you may want to find a holiday apartment.

Landscape

The Parc de Pont is located in the vicinity of Montgenost. The Source de la Voulzie is located in the wider regional area. The Autour de Montgenost circular trail passes through a landscape of vineyard slopes and fields around the village.

Trails

The Autour de Montgenost circular trail is approximately 2.5 kilometres long and takes an average of 30 minutes. The château mentioned on this circular trail was built in 1660 by Pierre Legras de Vaubercey.

The Bethon loop passes in Montgenost by the church and the former château, continuing on to the forest and a pond. It also follows a path from the Nuisement farm to Montgenost.

Culture

In the Church of Saint-Rémy-Saint-Hillaire, a tomb commemorates a musketeer of Louis XVI who was born in Montgenost and boarded the Hermione in 1780. In the same church, Charles III made donations in 1880; the Grimaldi and Le Gras de Vaubercey families contributed to the design of the church windows and the acquisition of wooden altars.

The historic site of Abbaye des Sellières is located in the vicinity of Montgenost. The historic site of Abbaye du Paraclet is also located nearby. In the wider regional area around Montgenost are the historic site of Abbaye de Belleau and the ruins of Abbaye Notre-Dame du Reclus.

Other places: Berru, Auménancourt, Dormans, Vitry-Le-François, Outines, Chenay, Gravelines, Florent-En-Argonne

To the higher-level travel overview: Marne.