04. 590 France (2/3)
Chantilly
Chantilly - Amis saint Colomban
Normandie

04. 590 France (2/3)

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1100km long, the route that took Colomban to his destination in 590 is divided into 3 parts that can be followed successively or indistinctly. Starting in Rouen, this second part of the continental route leads to Vitry-le-François through Normandy, Hauts-de-France and the Grand-Est region.
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:

  1. Saint-Malo - Saint-Coulomb
  2. Saint-Coulomb - le Vivier-sur-Mer
  3. Le Vivier-sur-Mer - Mont-St-Michel
  4. Le Mont-St-Michel - Avranches
  5. Avranches - Petit Celland
  6. Petit Celland - St Pois
  7. St Pois - Vire
  8. Vire-Vassy
  9. Vassy - Pont d'Ouilly
  10. Ouilly Bridge - Falaise
  11. Cliff - St Pierre-sur-Dives
  12. St Pierre-sur-Dives - Lisieux
  13. Lisieux - Cormeilles
  14. Cormeilles - Pont-Audemer
  15. Pont-Audemer - Our Lady of Gravenchon
  16. Notre Dame de Gravenchon - St Wandrille
  17. St Wandrille - Duclair
  18. Duclair - Rouen
  19. Rouen - Perriers-sur-Andelle
  20. Perriers-sur-Andelle - Gournay-en-Bray
  21. Gournays-en-Bray - Troussures
  22. Holes - Noailles
  23. Noailles - Chantilly
  24. Chantilly - Nanteuil le Haudoin
  25. Nanteuil le Haudoin - Meaux
  26. Meaux - Jouarre by Ussy
  27. Jouarre by Ussy - Nanteuil-sur-Marne
  28. Nanteuil-sur-Marne - Château-Thierry
  29. Château-Thierry - Dormans
  30. Dormans - Damery
  31. Damery - Tours-sur-Marne
  32. Tours-sur-Marne - Châlons-en-Champagne
  33. Châlons-en-Champagne - la Chaussée-sur-Marne
  34. la Chaussée-sur-Marne - Vitry-le-François
  35. Vitry-le-François - St Rémy-en-Bouzemont
  36. St Rémy-en-Bouzemont - Montier-en-Der
  37. Montier-en-Der - Wassy
  38. Wassy - Chevillon
  39. Chevillon - Biencourt-sur-Orge
  40. Biencourt-sur-Orge - Gondrecourt-le-Château
  41. Gondrecourt-le-Château - Domrémy-la-Pucelle
  42. Domrémy-la-Pucelle - Châtenois
  43. Châtenois - Contrexéville
  44. Contrexéville - Darney
  45. Darney - Bains-les-Bains
  46. Baths - Luxeuil-les-Bains
  47. 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.

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