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Brouage Citadel – Chenal de Mérignac loop from Moëze

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Brouage Citadel – Chenal de Mérignac loop from Moëze

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Brouage Citadel – Chenal de Mérignac loop from Moëze

02:25

40.4km

90m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 12, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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After 31.8 km for 158 m

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Start point

Bus stop

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6.78 km

Marais de Brouage Gravel Path

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Nice part for getting to Brouage, small gravelpath

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9.13 km

Brouage Citadel

Highlight • Castle

The stronghold of Brouage is a former salt trading port named Jacopolis-sur-Brouage, which became a Catholic war port wanted by Cardinal Richelieu who named it Brouage in 1627 to compete with the Huguenot stronghold of La Rochelle. Brouage is also considered to be perhaps the birthplace of the geographer Samuel de Champlain who participated in the founding and colonization of New France, and who is the founder of the city of Quebec in Canada.
A military port on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean until the beginning of the 18th century, the town is today inland and surrounded by marshes.
Attention: inside the citadel the streets are almost exclusively paved.

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12.7 km

Chenal de Mérignac

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The Chenal de Mérignac makes the connection between the Canal de la Seudre à la Charente canal and the sea at the small oyster and mussel-growing port, adjoining two communes Bourcefranc-Le Chapus and Brouage, fitted out to receive pleasure craft. 2 km long, the site currently has 22 pontoons fitted out by the municipality for fishing boats with direct access to the public highway.

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16.3 km

Icehouse

Highlight • Historical Site

Historic refrigeration: Fresh ice🍨 sorbet in summer 1695 for the royal visitors

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16.6 km

Saint-Pierre Church of Hiers-Brouage

Highlight • Religious Site

Historical memories attached to this church (baptism of Champlain); Pilgrimage for Canadians. Renaissance-style facade with three carved escutcheons. Inside, the nave and aisles are covered with paneling. Double row of columns with Tuscan capitals.

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16.7 km

Brouage Village and Fortifications

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Briouage is one of the most beautiful villages in France.

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32.0 km

Rochefort Transporter Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

In the 19th century, the only way to cross the Charente was by ferry. But this one was disturbed by the tides. It would have been necessary to build a bridge, but it would have blocked the maritime traffic, then very important on the Charente. It was therefore decided to build this transporter bridge, which was inaugurated in 1900.

The pylons and bridge deck are fixed. A mobile nacelle is suspended from the deck and circulates between the two banks of the Charente thanks to a trolley.

The transporter bridge operated from 1900 to 1967, then was replaced by a lift bridge, itself destroyed in 1991. The transporter bridge has resumed service and now allows pedestrians and cyclists to cross for €2 or €3 each way -feedback.

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34.0 km

View of the Martrou viaduct

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The Martrou viaduct is a road viaduct built between 1989 and 1991.

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40.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

28.3 km

4.86 km

3.04 km

3.03 km

1.02 km

190 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

25.0 km

8.77 km

2.87 km

2.22 km

838 m

790 m

Elevation

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Wednesday 8 July

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Brouage Citadel – Chenal de Mérignac loop from Moëze

Marais de Brouage Gravel Path

Brouage Citadel

Chenal de Mérignac

Icehouse

Saint-Pierre Church of Hiers-Brouage

Brouage Village and Fortifications

Rochefort Transporter Bridge

View of the Martrou viaduct

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