Distance: 7 km
Average duration) : 01h
Level: Easy-to-use
Montreuil-sous-Perouse
Follow yellow markings + Vitré Community markings, circuit n ° 6 Clockwise
Not much flat ground on this circuit which first overlooks the village nestled on the edge of Perugia to the south, then descends towards the Cantache lake before going up its course under the woods. We come back by the other side of the valley, crossing the manor of La Faucillonnais.
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Montreuil-sous-Perouse
Not much flat ground on this circuit which first overlooks the village nestled on the edge of Perugia to the south, then descends towards the Cantache lake before going up its course under the woods. We come back by the other side of the valley, crossing the manor of La Faucillonnais.
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Montreuil-sous-Pérouse is a typical small village, nestled in the hollow of a green valley, where the Pérouse flows and near the Cantache lake, accessible by a footpath. It is very close to Vitré (4 km), city of art and history.
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Over the past twenty years, Montreuil-sous-Pérouse has developed. Housing estates have spread over the surrounding hills. The village has become a peri-urban municipality due to the proximity of Vitré.
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La Cantache is one of the 3 dams built (with that of Valière and Haute-Vilaine) on the Haute-Vilaine watershed The water level represents a land hold of 283 ha in the municipalities of Champeaux, Montreuil-sous- Perugia and Pocé-les-Bois. With a capacity of 6,8 million m3, it covers an area of 173 ha and mainly performs low-water support and flood limitation functions.
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This mansion, mentioned since the 1677th century, has a strange configuration: covered with a high pavilion roof, the main building dated XNUMX has a slightly elongated plan divided by a wooden wall separating a room on the left and a stairwell on the right. (Inventory - the vitreous bocage) For many years, this building housed the museum of rural heritage of the country of Vitré. It is now closed.