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Villeneuve-Sur-Allier

Loire Bridge – Lorrains Lock loop from Villeneuve-sur-Allier

Villeneuve-Sur-Allier

Loire Bridge – Lorrains Lock loop from Villeneuve-sur-Allier

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Loire Bridge – Lorrains Lock loop from Villeneuve-sur-Allier

06:37

155km

720m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 16, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 46.0 km for 68 m

After 49.2 km for 68 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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24.0 km

Small restaurant on the Canal Lateral de Loire

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Very nice restaurant on the canal.

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47.3 km

Loire Bridge

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This stone bridge, whose construction began in 1767, spans the Loire River south of Nevers. Whatever the season, it's always a pleasure to admire the river from this bridge. Although many cars use this Loire bridge, a cycle path allows for safe cycling.

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47.6 km

Nevers

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Nevers, city where Saint Bernadette Soubirous lived (the little shepherdess of Lourdes), it's worth visiting her!

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61.6 km

Guétin Canal Bridge

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Remarkable structure 343m long and comprising 18 arches. It allows the Loire lateral canal to pass above the Allier.
Downstream, you can see the Bec d'Allier, a natural site at the confluence of the waters of the Allier and the Loire, classified by the WWF. This unique environment is home to many animal species.

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63.3 km

Rigole d'Alimentation des Lorrains

Lake

65.1 km

Lorrains Lock

Highlight • Monument

The Lorrains lock was supplied with water from a water intake located in the Allier. A channel overlooking the river allowed flat-bottomed boats to enter the lock. In 1872, a dam was built on the Allier opposite the lock to compensate for the constant erosion of the river. This finally got the better of the work of men. At the beginning of the 20th century, the drop in the level of the Allier made the lock unusable.

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101 km

Saint-Maurice Church

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Modest Romanesque building from the 12th century composed of a nave with a bell tower raised on its southern side and an apse. It was remodeled in the 17th century. It houses three large stone statues, two of which are listed as MH (representation of Saint Michael slaying the dragon and representation of Saint Mammès) and four small wooden ones.

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102 km

Saint-Hippolyte Church

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This church, built at the end of the 11th century in the Cluniac Romanesque style, has been extensively remodeled over the centuries. The nave is preceded by a narthex, on the left of which opens a baptistery, very rare in the Lévis region.

The building is topped by a square 15th-century bell tower adorned with a modillion cornice. A carved wooden pulpit from the late 16th century and a Baroque high altar in carved and gilded wood from the early 17th century constitute quality furnishings. A beautiful statuette from the 15th or 16th centuries depicts the Virgin Mary receiving instruction from Saint Anne. The Stations of the Cross (14 paintings by J. Missé, a contemporary sculptor) are also featured.

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122 km

Saint Paul Church of Bagneux

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The parish of Bagneux formerly depended on the diocese of Bourges, and it is on its territory that the castle of Belleperche was located, now disappeared, but made famous by an episode of the Hundred Years' War: while the Duchess of Bourbon dowager was staying there, he was taken by fierce English truckers. Duke Louis II himself did not succeed in freeing his mother.

The church, dedicated to Saint Paul, is a modest building with a single nave dating back to the Romanesque period, but remodeled in the 17th century. north side, asymmetrically. The choir is composed of a straight bay and a semicircular apse, decorated with an arcade made up of three semicircular arches framing the windows and separated by two miter arches. These arches are received on columns crowned with capitals with foliage or scales. The choir is covered with a continuous barrel vault, and the nave with an exposed framework; the columns supporting the triumphal arch were redone in the 19th century.

Outside, only a string of billets decorates the apse. The hexagonal bell tower is made of wood, covered with chestnut trees and stands at the rear of the west gable. This is pierced by a pointed arch door and a small window to the south. An old wooden porch, probably built at the same time as the bell tower in the 16th century, was removed in the 19th century.

The choir retains a terracotta floor bearing traces of yellow enamel, with rosettes formed by groups of four tiles, incised with circles. A double baptismal font, in Gothic style, and a mass foundation plaque from 1679 complete the current furnishings of the church, a processional cross from the parish being kept in the treasury of Moulins Cathedral.

For the restoration of the exterior walls of the apse, the Safeguarding of French Art paid €4,000 in 2003.

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155 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

108 km

38.0 km

5.73 km

2.73 km

907 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

124 km

31.0 km

223 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (270 m)

Lowest point (170 m)

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Thursday 9 July

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Loire Bridge – Lorrains Lock loop from Villeneuve-sur-Allier

Small restaurant on the Canal Lateral de Loire

Loire Bridge

Nevers

Guétin Canal Bridge

Lorrains Lock

Saint-Maurice Church

Saint-Hippolyte Church

Saint Paul Church of Bagneux

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