Sainte-Catherine Church – Fave Valley loop from Provenchères-sur-Fave

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Sainte-Catherine Church – Fave Valley loop from Provenchères-sur-Fave

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Sainte-Catherine Church – Fave Valley loop from Provenchères-sur-Fave

01:29

24.6km

190m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 2, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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757 m

Sainte-Catherine Church

Highlight • Religious Site

Originally built in the 12th century, this church was rebuilt and expanded in the 18th century. The square Romanesque bell tower was raised in 1712 and topped with a striking onion-shaped dome, built by Polish carpenters at the initiative of Stanislas Leszczyński, King of Poland and Duke of Lorraine. The church was badly damaged during WWI, but was restored in the 1920s. Inside, you will find stained glass windows by Frères Ott (Strasbourg) and murals in friezes. The church has been protected as a historical monument since 1995.

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2.78 km

Fave Valley

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

Very beautiful valley but beware the wind can be formidable.

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12.9 km

Coinches Hill Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Nice Road to avoid the big Route de Sainte-Marie with heavy traffic. On this way you can cycle through the woods and through the small village Coinches. Hard steep climb for about 350m (with over 13% climbing rate). But worth for avoiding traffic and being in nature.

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17.5 km

Franco-German Military Cemetery Bertrimoutier

Highlight • Historical Site

This impressive First World War cemetery is located in the hamlet of Aux Zières de la Vigne near Bertrimoutier (Vosges). It consists of two parts: a French national necropolis with 966 individual graves, including 12 Russian and 1 Romanian soldier, and a German military cemetery with 6,749 dead, more than 4,000 of whom are buried in ossuaries.
The site was created between 1921 and 1924 and has become a symbol of shared remembrance. The German graves are marked with simple metal crosses; the names of the unknown are on bronze plaques. Most of the dead fell during the Battle of Lorraine in August 1914 or during trench warfare in the years that followed.

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19.0 km

Combrimont

Highlight • Settlement

The Combrimont town hall stands on the site where the former hamlet of Bonipaire was officially transformed into an independent municipality in 1848. The building is simple in design, in keeping with the rural character of the village, and together with the nearby Calvary cross it forms the symbolic heart of the community.

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24.6 km

End point

Train Station

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