Faymoreau | |
Chapel of the miners. | |
Information | |
Country | France |
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Altitude | Between 54 and121 m |
Area | 10,99 km² |
Population | 214 hab. (2015) |
Postal code | 85240 |
Telephone prefix | 85087 |
Spindle | UTC 01:00, UTC 02:00 |
Location | |
Faymoreau is a municipality of Vendée in France.
Understand
To go
Circulate
To see
Monuments and miscellaneous
- 1 Fleuriau Bridge – stone bridge spanning the Vendée.
- 2 Church
- 3 Memorial
- 4 Pond of the dike – former water tank of the power station now fishing grounds with huts and pontoons.
- 5 Faymoreau castle – private property, former residence of the Panou de Faymoreau family.
Mining heritage
Touristic places
- 6 Faymoreau mining center The courtyard - 85240 Faymoreau (La Verrerie), 33 2 51 00 48 48, e-mail : [email protected] 10 am-1pm, 2 pm-7pm. free at 9,5 €. – covered in 2000 and renovated in 2018, it has benefited from the Musée de France appellation since 2002. The museum traces the 130 years of coal mining in Vendée and Deux-Sèvres, from 1827 to 1958.
- 7 Concrete headframe of the Saint-Michel d'Epagne well – kept in a park Saint-Maurice-des-Noues.
- 8 Mining hotel – currently restaurant.
- 9 Miners Chapel – (19th century): contemporary stained glass windows by Carmelo Zagari in homage to the men in the background. A public order from 2001.
The mining center.
Headframe of Spain.
Curiosities
- 10 Corons – typical mining habitat (high and low terrace).
- 11 Ruins of the power station – visible through the trees (private).
- 12 Bernard well – Brownfields including in particular the old cloakroom-shower-forge and a water tower, visible from the road (private).
- 13 Sainte-Claire well – old building of the extraction machine visible at the end of a path (private).
Sainte-Claire well.
The ruins of the power station.
The Bernard well tile.
Do
To buy
Eat
Have a drink / Go out
Housing
- Cottages La Bréjolière – In the outbuildings of an 18th century housee century, in Saint Maurice des Noues in Vendée. Detached house full of character in the countryside, restored in 2011, near the owners' home. swimming pool, spa, children's games and scent garden.
Communicate
Around
- 1 Saint-Maurice-des-Noues – concrete headframe of the Saint-Michel d'Epagne well.
- 2 Wanting – Mélusine Tower dated 1242, Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church old roman bridge .