La Chapelle-Moulière: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Forêt de Moulière covers more than 60% of the municipality of La Chapelle-Moulière and has walking and horse-riding trails. The forest therefore shapes the landscape of the area in a striking way.

Nature

The area of the Forêt domaniale de Moulière, including La Chapelle-Moulière, is classified as a Natura 2000 site. The Forêt de Moulière comprises old oak and hornbeam stands, heathland and thousands of ponds; these habitats are home to a large proportion of the 109 notable animal and plant species recorded to date.

Experiences

In La Chapelle-Moulière, the Vienne is a recreational area with a fishing spot. La Chapelle-Moulière also offers discovery walks along rural paths that connect typical hamlets.

Culture and History

The 12 modillions at the Prieuré Sainte-Marie-Madeleine depict grimacing human and animal heads. A Stations of the Cross in the Prieuré Sainte-Marie-Madeleine is mounted on the walls of the nave and dates from around the transition between the 19th and 20th centuries.

Saint-Claud is the oldest inhabited hamlet in the municipality of La Chapelle-Moulière; its origins date back to the end of the 10th century. The Foire de Saint-Claud was held on 7 and 21 September, was established in 1490 and disappeared during the 1930s.

Geographical Setting

The historic site of the Abbaye de l'Étoile is located in the vicinity of La Chapelle-Moulière. In the wider region around La Chapelle-Moulière are the Gyrotour viewpoint, the Musée Sainte-Croix museum, the Médiathèque de Poitiers media library, which is listed as a museum, the Palais des comtes de Poitou, the Grotte de Passelourdin cave, the Parc de Blossac park and the Mont Saint-Savin hill.

Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in La Chapelle-Moulière is choosing to stay in this area.

For the higher-level travel overview: Vienne.

More Destinations

More places in the same destination:

Mondion, Naintré, Coussay-Les-Bois, Vellèches, Magné, La Puye, Chauvigny, Maulay.