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Centre-Val de Loire

Saint Lubin Chapel – Yèvre-le-Châtel Fortress loop from Pithiviers - Musée

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Mountain biking trails
France
Centre-Val de Loire

Saint Lubin Chapel – Yèvre-le-Châtel Fortress loop from Pithiviers - Musée

Moderate

4.5

(2)

8

riders

Saint Lubin Chapel – Yèvre-le-Châtel Fortress loop from Pithiviers - Musée

01:57

26.9km

160m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 24, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 15.6 km for 69 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

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1

36 m

Gare de Pithiviers Memorial and Shoah Museum

Highlight • Historical Site

Innocuous in appearance, Pithiviers station is totally different from all other stations in France, because it is infamous for having served as a base for the deportation of Jews to Nazi extermination camps. It was in the camp very close to this station and in that of Beaune-la-Rolande, of which nothing remains today, that 16,000 Jews (including 4,500 children) were interned, after being arrested, notably during the so-called "greenback" roundup and the Vél' d'Hiv roundup in 1942. Very few survived.
Until the spring of 1942, families were sometimes authorized to visit internees, and these same places saw internees, families, their mail and packages arrive or leave in transit for months. The paroxysm of horror occurred during the summer of 1942 with the shift from a policy of racial exclusion to a policy of genocide. After the Vél d'Hiv roundup, more than 3,000 children will remain for almost a month, alone in these camps, separated from their mothers deported in previous convoys. All these children will be sent to Drancy and most will end up deported and exterminated. In the summer of that same year, there were 8,100 people sent directly from Loiret stations to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp.
These places have thus been witnesses to the tragedy of history and the implacable genocidal system put in place by the Third Reich. Because here we are at the heart of the process and the workings which made it possible to carry out the Shoah. This station also testifies to the policy of collaboration with decisions taken by the Nazis and implemented by the French administration.
Now, no passenger trains arrive at Pithiviers station, and it has been transformed into a Shoah Memorial. Free, the museum is open Saturdays and Sundays from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
A few hundred meters away, in Square Max Jacob, located at the intersection of rue de l'Ancien Camp and rue Jules Morin, there are also several commemorative plaques linked to these events.
Finally, to bring a less somber note, it should be noted that the station hangars also house a transport museum exhibiting some old locomotives and vintage wagons, some of which are visible from the road.

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5.34 km

Grotte de Saint-Grégoire l'Arménien

Cave Entrance

3

7.10 km

Gravel

Highlight (Segment) • Other

4

15.5 km

Saint Lubin Chapel

Highlight • Historical Site

At its height of popularity, the town of Yèvre-le-Châtel obtained permission to build a second church outside its fortifications. However, this church was never completed, as the village declined following the Hundred Years' War. The ruins moved Victor Hugo, who described them in a romantic style, and the resulting renewed renown led to their classification as historical monuments.

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15.8 km

Yèvre-le-Châtel Fortress

Highlight • Castle

Village classified among the most beautiful villages in France, with its fortress and two churches, and in particular away from the ramparts, the unfinished church of Saint Lubin which enchanted Victor Hugo.

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16.0 km

Fortress

Highlight • Other

7

16.0 km

Château de Yèvre-le-Châtel

Highlight • Castle

Castle built in the 13th century under Philippe Auguste.
A walkway allows you to move around the curtain walls and access its four towers.
Nice view of the Gâtinais, the Beauce. We can also see the Forest of Orléans in the distance.

You will find visiting times and prices here: yevre-la-ville.fr/visites

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16.2 km

Yèvre-le-Châtel

Highlight • Castle

Village classified among the most beautiful villages in France, with its fortress and its two churches, and notably away from the ramparts, the unfinished church of Saint Lubin which enchanted Victor Hugo.

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9

17.9 km

Yèvre la Ville

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If the site of Yèvre le Châtel captures all the light, the town of Yèvre la Ville is not without charm with its Romanesque church and the valley of the Rimarde below.

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26.9 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.2 km

7.07 km

2.95 km

2.66 km

933 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

14.5 km

7.91 km

2.91 km

789 m

776 m

< 100 m

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Sunday 30 August

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15°C

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