Discover Notre-Dame-De-Gravenchon

Notre-Dame-De-Gravenchon brings together a distinctive settlement layout, church and fortification history, and routes for hiking and cycling. The Cité-jardin de la Petite Campagne is arranged around two landscaped squares; other cultural points of interest include the Église Notre-Dame, the Église Saint-Georges and Fontaine-Saint-Denis. For outdoor activities, you can follow the marked trails in the Parc de la vallée du Télhuet, hike the “Les Comtes d'Evreux” route, or take a mountain bike loop in the Boucles de la Seine Normande Regional Natural Park. If you are looking for a hotel, you can plan your stay around whether you are especially interested in urban design, historic buildings or trails in nature.

The garden city and its squares

The Cité-jardin de la Petite Campagne follows a radiocentric plan and is arranged around two landscaped squares. The term describes a radial and, at the same time, concentric layout: a development is planned from the centre and also has concentric relationships. The squares serve as tangible focal points within the settlement. The garden city therefore offers an approach to urban design that differs from looking at a single historic building. If you are interested in urban planning and settlement patterns, you can consider the overall layout and the arrangement around the squares as a connected subject.

Churches with distinct architectural details

The Église Notre-Dame has a stone bell tower dating from the 12th century. The Église Saint-Georges features stained-glass windows by Max Ingrand. This brings two different aspects into focus: at one church, a dated stone structure is distinctive; at the other, it is the windows of a named artist. This contrast connects architectural history with glass design and offers two specific starting points for an interest in the cultural history of Notre-Dame-De-Gravenchon.

Fontaine-Saint-Denis and fortified structures

The Counts of Évreux had the fortified castle of Fontaine-Saint-Denis built in the Middle Ages. The Fontaine-Saint-Denis archaeological site includes a restored wall and a 12th-century limestone chapel. The castle, wall and chapel each represent a distinct architectural detail in the history of this place. Another example of fortified architecture is located at the entrance to the Vallons de Fontaineval in Notre-Dame-De-Gravenchon: remains of a fortified enclosure have been preserved there. These different traces make fortifications a tangible subject across several named buildings and places.

Trails, information panels and an orchard in Télhuet

The Parc de la vallée du Télhuet has four kilometres of marked trails. Seventeen information panels provide details about the site and offer insights into the surrounding area along the way. The park also contains an orchard, established in 1996, with 350 varieties of apple trees for cider and eating apples. The trails, information on the panels and the variety of the orchard offer different ways to enjoy a visit: being active in the park, learning about the site and exploring the apple varieties grown there.

Hiking route and mountain bike loop

“Les Comtes d'Evreux” is a 17-kilometre hiking route. By comparison, the Parc de la vallée du Télhuet has four kilometres of marked trails. These figures help put the stated lengths of the walking routes into context without treating them as the same type of route. For cyclists, there is the “Boucle VTT de Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon” mountain bike loop, which runs through the Boucles de la Seine Normande Regional Natural Park. When planning, you can distinguish between a named hiking route, marked park trails and a mountain bike loop.

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