The Tourbière de Négarioux Malsagne is located within the municipality of Peyrelevade, covers 200 hectares and is a Natura 2000 site. It can be reached via a 6.2-kilometre discovery trail starting at the car park in the hamlet of Geneyte in the municipality of Peyrelevade. The peat bog is home to, among others, the European otter, the barbastelle bat and the greater mouse-eared bat.
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Nature
Lac du Chammet is home to carp and pike. It is surrounded by meadows as well as coniferous and deciduous forests.
Culture and History
The Chapelle du Rat is a 17th-century chapel and has been listed in the register of historic monuments since 1927. Its grounds offer a sweeping panorama over the plateau. Every year in August, an open-air Mass is held there for Saint Roch.
The parish church of Saint-Pierre was built in the 13th century. Its corbels feature carved masks and ram heads.
At the Les moulins de Chamboux site, visitors can see two fully restored mills. At the Moulins de Chamboux, one mill produces flour and the other generates electricity.
The Ferme de Drouillat is listed in the register of historic monuments. The residential building was constructed in 1840. The Ferme de Drouillat is a type of farm characteristic of Haute-Corrèze known as a “bloc à terre”: the stables are aligned with the residential building, with the barn and cowshed behind them.
The monumental Croix monumentale du Bélier ou des Templiers stands southwest of the town centre near the bridge over the Vienne, on the edge of the road to Saint-Merd-les-Oussines. It rests on a base carved in the shape of a crouching ram.
Activities
The pump track is a 300-metre-long asphalt course with waves, bends and various lines. It is suitable for all age groups as well as scooters, skateboards, inline skates, mountain bikes and BMX bikes. The facility is open daily year-round and is freely accessible.
The Golf Rural du Chammet has a 9-hole course with a par of 35 and a length of 2,700 metres. Visitors can take part in a golf taster activity with equipment provided.
The “Circuit découverte” VTT gravel loop route belongs to the FFVélo Haute-Corrèze mountain bike base.
More local pages: Lagraulière, Champeaux, Voutezac, Rilhac-Xaintrie, Roziers, Condat-Sur-Ganaveix, Chamberet, Le Jardin