Discover Lacelle

Lacelle offers two distinct scales to consider when planning your trip: a local route and the Corrèze section of the GR®46. The parish church of Saint-Junien also tells a story of architectural history, while the Croix de Pierrot is associated with a local legend. This lets you explore routes and heritage as separate, specific interests.

Routes through the landscape and region

You can travel the 9.9-kilometre La Turgotière route in Lacelle on foot, by mountain bike or on horseback. It passes through damp gorse meadows and deciduous and spruce forests, where Limousin cattle graze. Both the mode of travel and the landscape are therefore central to understanding the route.

Along La Turgotière, the route is also lined with examples of small-scale heritage: churches, crosses and standing stones. The route thus combines landscape features with small historical points of interest. If you would like to include both nature and heritage in your route planning, La Turgotière offers two distinct perspectives.

The La Turgotière mountain-bike route is less than a ten-minute walk from a railway station and a TER access point. If you plan to use this connection for your journey, check the timetable for your travel date.

The approximately 150-kilometre Corrèze section of the GR®46 runs from Lacelle in the north through the Parc Naturel Régional de Millevaches to Turenne. The entire GR®46 route can be completed from Lacelle railway station. This makes it a much larger regional route than the local La Turgotière route.

When planning your routes, you can distinguish between the two by length and geographical scope: La Turgotière is a 9.9-kilometre route in Lacelle, while the GR®46 includes an approximately 150-kilometre section through Corrèze. This lets you choose between a specific local route and a broader regional itinerary.

Church history and local memory

The present-day building of the parish church of Saint-Junien dates from the 13th or 14th century; two side chapels were added in the 19th century. Its architectural features include a Limousin-style portal and a bell wall with two openings. Its history thus distinguishes the construction date of the present-day building from a later extension.

The Croix de Pierrot offers a different cultural perspective. It commemorates a money carrier who, according to local legend, was attacked on the way to Eymoutiers. At Saint-Junien, the focus is on construction and architecture; at the Croix de Pierrot, it is on a local story. Together, these distinct subjects complement the landscape and route perspectives on Lacelle.

Discover more destinations: Saint-Pantaléon-De-Larche, Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat, Saint-Bazile-de-la-Roche, Beyssenac, Saint-Sornin-Lavolps, Argentat, Champagnac-la-Noaille, La Chapelle-Saint-Géraud.

For the broader travel guide: Corrèze.