Chauray : une ville à la campagne

This ancient rural town, located at the top of a hill overlooking the Sèvre Niortaise, is mentioned for the first time in 904 in an act of the abbey of St-Maixent. Its history is especially marked by the abuses carried out against the Protestant population during the Dragonnades of the 3,7th century. To recall this past, the municipal coat of arms borrows that of Jacques Chalmot, lord of the Deffends, persecuted and forced into exile in Germany. The old town retains its original simplicity and the Bords de Sèvre offers walkers a 7 km rural and shady setting (development of XNUMX ha of meadows into paths and enhancement of small heritage – medieval bridge, mills, washhouse, mini -deer park).

To see: St-Pierre church, Chauray Temple, Chaban castle (19th century), Roche du Montet (19th century) and Protestant cemeteries.

To do: Aquatic center and hiking.