Lachalade | |
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Lachalade Abbey | |
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Region | Meuse |
Area | 19,45 km² |
Population | 66 hab. (2011) |
Density | 3,39 inhab./km² |
Postal code | 55120 |
Spindle | UTC 01:00, UTC 02:00 |
Location | |
![]() 49 ° 10 ′ 29 ″ N 4 ° 59 ′ 20 ″ E | |
Lachalade is a village in the Meuse of about 60 inhabitants.
This village is no longer considered a stopover town because he does not own any business.
Understand
Geography
Lachalade is located in the heart of the Argonne forest, in the Biesme valley.
Story
To go
By car
- 1 (D2) Rue du Four in Paris – The only road to access the village.
By bus
- 2 RITM (Meuse Intermodal Transport Network)
By train
Circulate
By car
The car is not very recommended to circulate in the village, unless you are staying there for a short time. There is almost no traffic.
By bike / On foot
Traveling by bike or on foot is highly recommended to visit this small village, it is impossible to get lost in it. Park your car near the old abbey and take the time to visit!
To see
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Abbaye_de_Lachalade.jpg/220px-Abbaye_de_Lachalade.jpg)
Lachalade Abbey.
- 1 Former Cistercian abbey and its cemetery rue du Four in Paris (south of the village)
Free access.
Free. – Founded in 1120, it was suppressed during the French Revolution. Its abbey church survived looting and dismemberment and became the parish church of the small village of Lachalade.
- 2 Monument to the Garibaldians and the Memorial Cross rue du Four in Paris (south of the village)
Free access.
Free. – These monuments were erected in memory of the 590 Italian volunteers who died in Argonne and the Garibaldi brothers.
- 3 La Forestière military cemetery
- 4 A stele (in the forest, near La Forestière cemetery) – In memory of an RAF crew who fell in 1943 in the town cemetery, near the abbey.
Do
- Forest trip