Village Mort de La Chaumette – Village Mort Le Gerbal loop from Aérodrome de Mende-Brenoux
Village Mort de La Chaumette – Village Mort Le Gerbal loop from Aérodrome de Mende-Brenoux
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Village Mort de La Chaumette – Village Mort Le Gerbal loop from Aérodrome de Mende-Brenoux
01:24
16.3km
230m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: May 14, 2026
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Parc national des Cévennes (aire d'adhésion)
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5.40 km
Village Mort de La Chaumette
Highlight • Monument
At this date, there remains an inhabitant in Gerbal and a family in La Chaumette. We are far from the fifteen families who lived here at the beginning of the 19th century.
These villages lived off the breeding of sheep and the cultivation of wheat. But from the 16th century, the demand for wool exploded in Europe. The herds are growing, which leads to the deforestation of more and more areas and the exhaustion of land. It is therefore depleted and leached land which is ceded to the State, which establishes the current forest there.
Of these villages there remain the ruins of the dwellings, with the exception of a Chaumette complex restored by the ONF in the 1960s.
These houses, entirely in limestone, are models of the Caussenard habitat. The main building has two levels, ground floor housing and the floor dedicated to storage, is accompanied by a sheepfold surmounted by its barn. All of these constructions are made of stone, there is no wood of sufficient quality and size or at too high a cost.
There were only two villages because there are only two sources of water, which had to supplement several cisterns and lavognes (artificial pond to water the cattle).
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8.32 km
Village Mort Le Gerbal
Highlight • Historical Site
At this date, there remains an inhabitant in Gerbal and a family in La Chaumette. We are far from the fifteen families who lived here at the beginning of the 19th century.
These villages lived off the breeding of sheep and the cultivation of wheat. But from the 16th century, the demand for wool exploded in Europe. The herds are growing, which leads to the deforestation of more and more areas and the exhaustion of land. It is therefore depleted and leached land which is ceded to the State, which establishes the current forest there.
Of these villages there remain the ruins of the dwellings, with the exception of a Chaumette complex restored by the ONF in the 1960s.
These houses, entirely in limestone, are models of the Caussenard habitat. The main building has two levels, ground floor housing and the floor dedicated to storage, is accompanied by a sheepfold surmounted by its barn. All of these constructions are made of stone, there is no wood of sufficient quality and size or at too high a cost.
There were only two villages because there are only two sources of water, which had to supplement several cisterns and lavognes (artificial pond to water the cattle).
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16.3 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
11.3 km
4.54 km
318 m
144 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
9.26 km
4.54 km
2.37 km
175 m
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Elevation
Highest point (1,060 m)
Lowest point (970 m)
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