Cirque de Navacelles

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Coordinates: 43 ° 53 ′ 34 "  N , 3 ° 30 ′ 36"  E

Oxbow and circular mountain of the Vis river with the village of Navacelles
Another view of the Umlaufberg with the road to Navacelles

The Cirque de Navacelles is a large karformation in Occitania in the south of France, south of the Massif Central , which was created by erosion. It is located near Saint-Maurice-Navacelles in the Hérault .

The cirque is located in the area of ​​the Causses and the Cevennes , in 2011 the basin received the UNESCO award as a cultural heritage of mankind. There is a public botanical educational trail near the village of Navacelles.

The Cirque de Navacelles is quite remote in the Languedoc hinterland and can be reached from the south via the A75 . With the opening of the Viaduc de Millau , the journey has been significantly shortened and tourism has become noticeably stronger.

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Individual evidence

  1. cirquenavacelles.com. Retrieved November 19, 2017
  2. page of the Cirque-de-navacelles on the Destination-Languedoc page , accessed on November 19, 2017.
  3. ^ Page of the Cirque-de-navacelles on provence-info.de accessed on November 19, 2017