Chammes – Church Art, Chapel and Routes

Chammes catches the eye with its church in the brown-red colours of the iron-bearing flagstone sandstone. The Église Saint-Pierre de Chammes houses a protected Stations of the Cross consisting of 14 paintings from the mid-20th century.

The protected Stations of the Cross in the Église Saint-Pierre de Chammes are located on the north and south walls of the nave and on the south wall of the side aisle.

Nature and Trails

The host municipality of Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes has more than 100 km of signposted trails for hiking, horse riding and mountain biking. The Circuit Trail du Côté de Cham runs from Sainte-Suzanne to Chammes and connects the two aforementioned places along its route.

The Circuit Trail du Côté de Cham is a moderately difficult 12.8 km trail with 130 m of descent and 129 m of ascent. Its route also includes sections on hollow ways. The length, elevation figures, difficulty rating and route format provide different details about the same trail here.

Routes

The Circuit de Chammes No. 30 is a mountain-bike circuit and a Sentier de Promenade et de Randonnée (PR). It is 10.5 km long, has 150 m of descent and 147 m of ascent, and takes 2 hours and 45 minutes. As a stage, it leads to the Chapelle de la Raierie.

The Boucle Multi-Randonnée No. 02 is a circular route through Sainte-Suzanne, Torcé and Chammes. The routes mentioned represent different route formats: the Circuit Trail du Côté de Cham is a moderately difficult trail, the Circuit de Chammes No. 30 is a mountain-bike circuit and PR with stage characteristics, and the Boucle Multi-Randonnée No. 02 is a circular route through three places.

Different route lengths and the stated duration can be considered separate comparison criteria.

Several independent characteristics help classify the trails. The number of kilometres describes the extent of a route, elevation figures make the route measurable, and the stated duration adds a time value to the profile. Route types such as trail, mountain-bike circuit, PR or circular route, on the other hand, describe the form of the offering. The geographical reference also indicates whether a trail connects two places, leads to a single destination or combines several places in a loop. In Chammes, these characteristics can therefore be read separately rather than assessing all routes solely by their length. This means that route extent, time indication, elevation profile, route type and geographical reference each remain independent points of orientation.

Culture

Its dedication is not known. The chapel also served as a station during Rogation processions.

The chapel is said to have been founded in the second half of the 19th century as the fulfilment of a vow for healing after an injury caused by a horse kick.

When booking a holiday apartment in Chammes, travel dates, accommodation category and cancellation conditions are separate decision points. These details stand alongside the local topics of church art, the chapel and routes, and each serves a different purpose in travel planning.

Other local pages: Gesvres, Cossé-Le-Vivien, Ménil, Bazougers, Montjean, Bouchamps-lès-Craon, Neuilly-Le-Vendin, Andouillé.

To the higher-level travel overview: Mayenne.