Hiking circuit - Along the mignon

Cross the Chaban lock and follow the Mignon canal, you will then be between Charente-Maritime and Deux-Sèvres!

1. Along the bar. Take rue Basse to the right, then the road to the left towards the marsh. Arrive at the Clou bridge.

2. Cross the bridge, keep the same direction, then follow the road to the left. At the Liaux bridge turn right to reach the Mignon canal.

17 km long structure, built in the middle of the XNUMXth century, then extended at the end of the XNUMXth century. It made it possible to transport wine, flour, wood, market garden produce and the manure necessary for growing vines. This Canal du Mignon
is in fact the Mignon channeled from the port of Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon to the locks of Bazoin.

3. Go along the Mignon canal on the right for 2 km. Turn right before the Chaban lock (350m round trip) following the small road towards Chaban.

4. At the crossroads before the hamlet, go right. At the next crossroads continue to the right. Go past the access road to La Chaume and turn left. Go along the drainage ditch of the municipal marsh: it turns right then left.

5. Take the undulating path to the right approaching the Courance stream and reach the Clou bridge.

6. Returning to number 2, on the left, by the route used on the outward journey, find the town hall.