Les Chavannes-en-Maurienne (73660)

HOW TO GET HERE

• Motorway A43 exit n°25 –  Direction Epierre then St Jean de Maurienne by road  RD 1006 -  go up the valley for 7 Km  take exit on right « St Rémy » turn left for Les Chavannes en Maurienne
• Motorway A43 exit n° 26 – turn right take bridge, go round roundabout direction Chambéry –  4 Km on take the right hand exit then direction Les Chavannes en  Maurienne.

PRESENTATION

This village is situated on the south-west side of the Lauzière massif on the edge of the mountainside which ends up on the right hand bank of the river Arc. It has 232 inhabitants, and this quiet village has managed to evolve whilst retaining its original identity. 

A small  business park  houses a nightclub, the only one in the valley base, 2 garages, one MOT centre and craftsmen.

ACCOMMODATION

In this former presbytery you will discover 3 gîtes de France (2 apartments sleeping 4 and one for 6 ). See accommodation page on website.

HERITAGE

The Church L'Eglise Saint Barthélémy, patron saint of all the corporations involved with the preparation of animal skins , leather works, is in a quadrilobe style of architecture (four-leaf clover forms) and was built in 1832.

Since 1975 renovation works undertaken include : electrifying of the church bells  (1975), floors and electrics updated  (1982), roofing and belltower  (1995), interiour and exterior paintwork (1999).
All these renovations enhance the artwork on display: Le martyre de Saint Barthélémy de juin 1713 attributed to the Gabriel DUFOUR workshop.

La Chapelle Notre Dame des Grâces complete renovation, located in the hamlet of la Martinière d'en Bas..

ACTIVITIES

An artificial lake that attracts fishermen, a tennis court, football ground forest walks above the village.
3km away the lake in St Rémy de Maurienne is open for swimming during July and August

The village is located  20 minutes from the ski resorts of St Colomban des Villards (domaine des Sybelles) and  St François Longchamp and is near to the National Park  Parc Naturel de la Vanoise.