Champfrémont: Holiday Apartments and Houses

The “Sentier Ste Anne de Champfrémont” Rando'Clim trail is a very easy hike of approximately 1.1 km, taking around 30 minutes. As a longer route, the GR de Pays “Tour du Mont des Avaloirs” includes a 16.5 km stage of about four hours from Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson to Sainte-Anne-de-Champfrémont.

Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment can choose Champfrémont as their destination.

Hiking and Nature

The Sainte-Anne site is located 1 km north of the town centre. It includes a recreational area with picnic tables and a shelter, a fountain, accommodation for hikers, a restored former livestock market, an orchard dedicated to preserving fruit varieties, a pond, a fishing pond and numerous hiking trails. The site is visited throughout the year.

Champfrémont is part of the area of the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and UNESCO Global Geopark. The Normandie-Maine Regional Park is located in the wider area around Champfrémont.

Culture and History

The Sainte-Anne de Champfrémont Chapel dates from the mid-17th century; its construction was begun in 1630 by Abbé Étienne Jouy. In 1973, it was completely restored by volunteers. It has a wooden vaulted ceiling, three wooden altarpieces and a polychrome terracotta statue of Saint Anne dating from the 16th century.

Next to the chapel is a former police station that was once used to house cattle thieves on market days. The restored Maison du Maquis de Courtemiche served as a refuge for members of the Resistance, including young men who refused to perform the compulsory labour service (STO).

La Bellière is a 17th-century château; the park plan was designed in September 1802 by E.-A. de Vaucelles. The château, the service-building wing, the façades and roofs of the 19th-century outbuildings, the moats and the gardens with their enclosures have been listed as a historic monument since 6 September 1995.

The grounds of Château de La Bellière can be visited from May to September by prior arrangement, on Thursdays or Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Every year, they are also open during the European Heritage Days on the third weekend of September.

Surroundings

Château de Lonray, a château, is located in the area around Champfrémont. Butte Chaumont, a hill, is also nearby.

In the wider region around Champfrémont are Château de Fresnay-sur-Sarthe, a château, Château de Villiers, a château, and Abbaye de Perseigne, a historic site. Mont du Saule, a mountain, is also located there.

More local pages: Ruillé-Froid-Fonds, Gesvres, Peuton, Changé, Cossé-Le-Vivien, Nuillé-Sur-Vicoin, Izé, Quelaines.

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