The best walks and hikes around Charmois

Iconic oak tree, creatively decorated like a hobbit treehouse with painted wooden boards. The rest area has picnic tables and sunny and shady spots.

Sunny picnic area on the banks of the Bourbeuse

A simple table with two benches, no fireplace - but nice and cool in the shady forest

The petrifying spring is very rich in carbon dioxide and calcium carbonate, which gives it the ability to encrust objects with a layer of calcite. You can see some examples of petrified objects along the path to the spring. The spring also forms beautiful, gentle waterfalls of tuff, a type of limestone. The site is classified Natura 2000 for the protection and preservation of fauna and flora. Please respect the environment and do not disturb the wildlife.

The Château wash house is a 19th century laundry room and wash house which is classified as a historic monument. The wash house is located near the Château de Scey-sur-Saône-et-Saint-Albin, a medieval castle which was renovated in the 18th and 19th centuries. You can admire the architecture of the wash house which includes a wooden drying room with shutters and seven monumental arches. You can also enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of the pond and the fountain which feed the wash house.

History: The history of Novillard begins before 1251 but it is only on this date that we find the name of the village mentioned in an act concerning the priory of Froidefontaine in the form of Nueviller. The stronghold was part of the seigniory of Rougemont-le-Château in 1125, when Frederick I of Ferrette endowed the monastery of Valdieu, currently in the department of Haut-Rhin. A church then existed in Novillard, whose parish also included Eschêne, Autrage and Rechotte, all three currently grouped together in the commune of Autrechêne. Novillard was also the chief town of a town hall depending on the seigniory of Rougemont (of which it marked the southern limit) then the provostship of Angeot, seigniory of Belfort. The fate of the village generally follows that of the surrounding villages: attachment to the domains of the House of Austria from 1350 to 1648. The Saint-Julien church was built in the 1770s. In 1803 the population was 171 inhabitants, and 210 in the 1999 census. The activity of the commune is essentially agricultural.

The village is located southeast of Belfort, 11km from the latter. Its territory, which covers 116 hectares, is bordered to the north by the Belfort-Mulhouse railway line. It is crossed by the small river La Madeleine which has its source in the Vosges massif, in the village of La Madeleine precisely. The average altitude is 350m. History: The history of Novillard begins before 1251 but it is only on this date that we find the name of the village mentioned in an act concerning the priory of Froidefontaine in the form of Nueviller. The stronghold was part of the seigniory of Rougemont-le-Château in 1125, when Frederick I of Ferrette endowed the monastery of Valdieu, currently in the department of Haut-Rhin. A church then existed in Novillard, whose parish also included Eschêne, Autrage and Rechotte, all three currently grouped together in the commune of Autrechêne. Novillard was also the chief town of a town hall depending on the seigniory of Rougemont (of which it marked the southern limit) then the provostship of Angeot, seigniory of Belfort. The fate of the village generally follows that of the surrounding villages: attachment to the domains of the House of Austria from 1350 to 1648. The Saint-Julien church was built in the 1770s. In 1803 the population was 171 inhabitants, and 210 in the 1999 census. The activity of the commune is essentially agricultural.

the first stone was laid in 1748 and the building was inaugurated in 1769. This church is original because it belongs to the two communes of Novilkard and Autrechene.