Mérifons: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Mérifons is located in the designated area Vallée et lac du Salagou.

Finding or renting a holiday apartment in Mérifons is an option when planning your trip.

Culture

The former parish church of Saint-Pierre dates back to the 12th century and is mentioned in a papal bull by Pope Innocent III as property of the Diocese of Lodève.

The façade of the Chapelle Saint-Pierre is polychrome and made of sandstone in shades of grey, yellow, red and reddish brown, as well as pelite and basalt; reddish brown predominates. The chapel has a slate roof with two roof planes over the nave and an arched roof over the choir.

From the village, the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Mérifons can be reached on foot within a few minutes through the red ruffe and volcanic rocks of the Grand Site « Salagou – Cirque de Mourèze ».

Notre-Dame du Bosc, also known as Notre-Dame des Bois, is a partially ruined former church on the border between Mérifons and Brenas, in the hills of Mas Canet.

In the wider regional surroundings of Mérifons are Sainte-Marie de Valmagne (Abbey), a historic site, the Abbatiale de Saint-Thibéry, a monastery, the Abbaye de Gellone, a church, and Saint-Amans-de-Mounis, also a church.

History

The place of Malvilar already appears in documents dating from 922 and is first referred to as a Castrum in 1098. In 1223, Amalric de Narbonne gave the castle of Malavieille to Pierre, the Bishop of Lodève.

Nature

The Dalle de la Lieude contains more than 1,000 footprints of therapsids and reptiles preserved in Permian pelite, which are considerably older than dinosaurs.

The Dalle paléontologique de la Lieude contains traces of premammalian reptiles that are considerably older than dinosaurs.

The mountain peaks Montagne de Liausson, Pic de Vissounel and Pic de Vissou are located around Mérifons. Mont Saint-Amand is a mountain in the wider regional surroundings of Mérifons.

Route

The Route médiévale du Haut-Languedoc au lac du Salagou is a 97 km-long travel route intended for one day or a weekend.

Local activities

At the Ferme de Mérifons, visitors can discover an outdoor farm raising 150 red pigs of the old Duroc breed.

Other destinations: Saussines, Pierrerue, Bédarieux, Ganges, Prades-Le-Lez, Viols-En-Laval, Saint-Saturnin-De-Lucian, Cap D'agde

To the higher-level travel overview: Hérault.