Les Matelles, medieval village – Causse de la Selle loop from Les Matelles
Les Matelles, medieval village – Causse de la Selle loop from Les Matelles
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Les Matelles, medieval village – Causse de la Selle loop from Les Matelles
03:25
71.7km
940m
Road cycling
Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: June 17, 2026
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After 41.2 km for 79 m
Waypoints
Start point
Parking
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85 m
Les Matelles, medieval village
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The historic center of the village has retained its medieval appearance and offers a maze of narrow alleys and cobbled streets, with tall houses adorned with beautiful exterior staircases, vaulted passages and architectural details that take you back in time.
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10.5 km
Valley Between L'Hortus and Pic Saint-Loup
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14.5 km
View of the Pic Saint Loup and the Hortus
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14.6 km
Fambetou Pass
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25.1 km
View of the Pic Saint-Loup
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32.4 km
Causse de la Selle
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41.2 km
Saint-Étienne-d'Issensac Bridge
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The surface is cobblestone and a little chaotic. You will probably have to slow down and maybe even dismount.
Finally, it is a bathing place, fitted out in summer.
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52.4 km
Notre-Dame-de-Londres
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In Celtic times, “Llyn dinas”, which became the city of London, designated “the hill of the pond”. In Languedoc, Loundro would have meant “muck, stagnant waters” and the terms Lundras or Lundrias, which after mutation gave London, were used in medieval writings to characterize the now dry valley. The homonymy with the English capital therefore comes from this common etymology.
The village is a mecca for the practice of “Tambourin”, a typically Languedoc team ball sport.
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55.9 km
Mare des Mailles Mortes
Lake
71.7 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
65.7 km
3.65 km
1.83 km
639 m
Surfaces
67.5 km
4.14 km
131 m
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Elevation
Highest point (330 m)
Lowest point (80 m)
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Thursday 16 July
37°C
22°C
12 %
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Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h
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