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Ouroux en Morvan : Calendar of the Culture 2010 - Update August ,26. ( + info, click here )    Sleep & eat. : New lodgings to Ouroux en Morvan. ( + info, click here )    Images (1900). : Go back to 1939 with this slide-show of postcards showing the construction of the dam on the Lac de Pannecière. ( + info, click here )    Images. : New ! Go for a pretty stroll, with music, through the Morvan... ( + info, click here )    Webmaster : I apologize but the web site Ourouxois is in court of correct translation, sincerely sorry for the not yet correctly translated pages!

Welcome to Ouroux-en-Morvan :     Status obtained in 1991. Partner of The Committee Regional of Tourism. A commune of the Regional Natural Park of the Morvan. Twinned since 1979 with the town of Cullera (Spain).

Short film :     What better way than a little video to show you the village of Ouroux? It presents the main activities of the people of Ouroux, including its different businesses, and the multiple forms of accommodation and eating, as well as leisure activities that await you there... Make your choice between lower and higher speed versions, depending on your internet connection. Low speed 512kbps 320x240px Size:10Mo Duration: 00:03:34 High speed 1128kbps 640x380px Size:25Mo Duration: 00:03:34

Leisure activities :   Hunting, fishing in the municipal pond in the centre of the village. For trout fishermen there is the Chalaux (Ist category river). For those who prefer lake-fishing, there are the Lacs de Pannecière (4 km away), Settons (13 km) and Chaumeçon (12 km). You can also take many walks (including guided walks), play paint-ball, hire quads and mountain bikes and go horse-riding. Ouroux-en-Morvan also has a library of 4000 books and a youth club. A painting workshop is open from October to June every year.

Walks :   The Panorama of the Cross of the Dead, with views of the Morvan mountains; site of the Rock of the Thare forest; prehistoric site of the trenches of the Loutière. Visit the mini-museum of wine and barrel-making; the church with XIVth century bas-relief, the charming chapel of Savault and its panoramic view and its XIIIth, XIVth and XVth century sculptures; traces of the Roman road Augustodunum; the Franco-English cemetery of the Maquis Bernard Resistance; and the old village of Savault, home of sculptor Jean Gautherin.

A little info :   Ouroux sits at 560 m above sea-level. We have 675 inhabitants. Paris is 250 km to the north-west. The nearest railway stations (S.N.C.F) are Corbigny (26 km) and Saulieu (35 km). The A6 motorway is 40 km away (exit Avallon). There are shuttle buses to Château-Chinon and Lormes. The nearest airport is Nevers Fourchambault, 80 km west. In the heart of the Regional Natural Park of the Morvan, Ouroux is a perfect spot from which to see the Morvan (and much of Burgundy), including Mont Beuvray/Bibracte, Haut-Folin, Vézelay, Autun, Dijon, Beaune and the beautiful surrounding forests. Lakes Pannecière and Settons offer great swimming and fishing nearby.

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