Flammerans: Forest, Saône and Rural Heritage

Forest and Trails

If you’re looking for a hotel in Flammerans, you can plan your stay around the town’s themes: forest walks, the Saône and rural heritage each offer a different focus. The Flammerans Forest covers 400 hectares. Among its impressive oak trees, there are opportunities for walks; the Brizotte River also runs through the forest.

The Voie bleue runs along the Saône through Flammerans and also offers opportunities for walks. During walks along the Saône, you can spot numerous birds, including black storks. This gives you two different settings for a walk to choose from: paths among the oak trees in the forest or the route along the river.

The Brizotte runs through the forest, while the Saône accompanies the Voie bleue; the two rivers therefore represent different landscape settings.

Church and Châteaux

The Église Saint-Léger has been listed as a Monument historique since 29 July 1976. The church houses a 15th-century statue of the Virgin and Child, called a Vierge à l'Enfant in French. This brings together two historical periods: the age of a sacred work of art and the church’s later protected status.

The Château de Flammerans is also referred to as a château. One château is dated to the 18th century.

Water History and Garden

North of Flammerans, near the former Puits d'Ouche, there is a covered well dating from the 19th century. Its features include a pump and a metal watering trough for livestock; the structure is in poor condition.

The Place du Gros puits was formerly used as a watering place for animals. A central water supply was installed in the early 1960s; the square’s former use predates this change.

At the covered well, its construction, pump, livestock trough and poor condition shape its historical significance; at the Place du Gros puits, the focus is on its former use as a watering place for animals and the transition to a central water supply.

A small conservation garden with pear and apple trees was created on a former vacant plot north of Flammerans, near the former Puits d'Ouche. The garden offers a different focus from the wells and watering places: its location on former vacant land and its pear and apple trees represent the theme of fruit tree conservation.

Layers of History

The dates mark out different aspects: the statue of the Virgin and Child dates from the 15th century, the other château from the 18th, and the covered well from the 19th. A central water supply was installed in the early 1960s; the Église Saint-Léger was listed as a Monument historique on 29 July 1976. The historical references thus span a work of art, buildings, a change in the local water supply and the church’s later protected status.

Plan your trip around the local themes that interest you most.

Discover more destinations: Quétigny, Sainte-Sabine, Lusigny-sur-Ouche, Savigny-Lès-Beaune, Villars-Et-Villenotte, Val-Suzon, Villeferry, Francheville

For the wider travel overview: Cote-Dor.