04. 590 France (2/3)
Normandie
04. 590 France (2/3)
Medium
Difficulty0h
Duration396,1km
Distance+5439m
Positive Elevation-5357m
Negative ElevationMulti-day trek
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Around 590, Colomban and his Irish monks arrived on the continent via the west coast and penetrated inland to the east as far as the foot of the Vosges Mountains where they settled for about twenty years. Their exact route is not known except for a few places listed in Colomban's biography written in 640. The proposed itinerary follows this general direction, passing through the cultural and historical highlights of this northern part of France.
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Description
This crossing of France is quite direct, like Colomban who sought to withdraw as quickly as possible as a hermit deepest inland marked by the meeting of the first mountain range that was the Vosges.
This 1100km route is proposed in 47 stages of 24km of daily average:
- Saint-Malo - Saint-Coulomb
- Saint-Coulomb - le Vivier-sur-Mer
- Le Vivier-sur-Mer - Mont-St-Michel
- Le Mont-St-Michel - Avranches
- Avranches - Petit Celland
- Petit Celland - St Pois
- St Pois - Vire
- Vire-Vassy
- Vassy - Pont d'Ouilly
- Ouilly Bridge - Falaise
- Cliff - St Pierre-sur-Dives
- St Pierre-sur-Dives - Lisieux
- Lisieux - Cormeilles
- Cormeilles - Pont-Audemer
- Pont-Audemer - Our Lady of Gravenchon
- Notre Dame de Gravenchon - St Wandrille
- St Wandrille - Duclair
- Duclair - Rouen
- Rouen - Perriers-sur-Andelle
- Perriers-sur-Andelle - Gournay-en-Bray
- Gournays-en-Bray - Troussures
- Holes - Noailles
- Noailles - Chantilly
- Chantilly - Nanteuil le Haudoin
- Nanteuil le Haudoin - Meaux
- Meaux - Jouarre by Ussy
- Jouarre by Ussy - Nanteuil-sur-Marne
- Nanteuil-sur-Marne - Château-Thierry
- Château-Thierry - Dormans
- Dormans - Damery
- Damery - Tours-sur-Marne
- Tours-sur-Marne - Châlons-en-Champagne
- Châlons-en-Champagne - la Chaussée-sur-Marne
- la Chaussée-sur-Marne - Vitry-le-François
- Vitry-le-François - St Rémy-en-Bouzemont
- St Rémy-en-Bouzemont - Montier-en-Der
- Montier-en-Der - Wassy
- Wassy - Chevillon
- Chevillon - Biencourt-sur-Orge
- Biencourt-sur-Orge - Gondrecourt-le-Château
- Gondrecourt-le-Château - Domrémy-la-Pucelle
- Domrémy-la-Pucelle - Châtenois
- Châtenois - Contrexéville
- Contrexéville - Darney
- Darney - Bains-les-Bains
- Baths - Luxeuil-les-Bains
- Luxeuil-les-Bains - Annegray
- Departure : 76000 Rouen
- Arrival : 51300 Vitry-le-François
- Towns crossed : Normandie, Hauts-de-France, Île-de-France, and Grand Est
Altimetric profile
Access and parking
Rouen is a major city, accessible by bus and train.
Vitry-le-François is also accessible by bus and train.
Vitry-le-François is also accessible by bus and train.
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