Champmillon: Apartments and Holiday Homes

Culture

The Église Saint-Vincent in Champmillon is a fortified Romanesque church dating from the 12th century. By decree of 23 March 1904, it was classified as a historic monument. Its portal has capitals and two blind arcades; the buttresses formerly had corbels that supported battlements.

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Hiking

Autour de Champmillon is an easy 7.9 km hiking trail with a stated duration of 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Autour de Champmillon starts at the car park by the Champmillon school, opposite the boules court.

Autour de Champmillon initially follows the Charente and then returns to the starting point through vineyards.

The red-marked Circuit Fins bois fine liège circular trail in Champmillon is 9.6 km long, has 125 metres of elevation gain and a stated duration of 2 hours and 45 minutes.

The Circuit Fins bois fine liège circular trail starts at the free car park opposite Champmillon Town Hall.

The Circuit Fins bois fine liège circular trail follows the Charente through an alluvial forest and includes two wooden fords.

History

The Circuit Fins bois fine liège circular trail descends to the Lavoir du Bourg.

The Lavoir de la Pile takes its name from the La Pile estate, on whose family property the author of Histoire de l’Angoumois, François Vigier de la Pile, lived in 1687.

Wine and Nature

The circular trail runs alongside vineyards of the Fins Bois cru, one of the six crus of the AOC Cognac, to which Champmillon belongs.

The Charente Valley, along which the circular trail runs, is designated as a Natura 2000 site.

For the higher-level travel overview: Charente.

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