Les Découvertes
Leisure facilities, Health run
in Sanvignes-les-Mines
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This area, marked by successive coal mining operations, in particular opencast mining, has been restored. Reinvesting the site and breathing new life into it was an ambitious gamble that has now been won.
At the entrance to Les Découvertes, an information panel explains the history of the site. Then, as you make your way along the pathways, you'll discover the different landscape units: the Saint-Amédée lake, where you can fish (no kill) using a float tube; the Fouthiaux lake, where the...This area, marked by successive coal mining operations, in particular opencast mining, has been restored. Reinvesting the site and breathing new life into it was an ambitious gamble that has now been won.
At the entrance to Les Découvertes, an information panel explains the history of the site. Then, as you make your way along the pathways, you'll discover the different landscape units: the Saint-Amédée lake, where you can fish (no kill) using a float tube; the Fouthiaux lake, where the Thalassa diving club takes over on Sundays when the weather is fine; the Morteru hill (a former slag heap, made up of overburden extracted when the quarry was dug out), which offers shade and coolness for summer walks...
There are plenty of footpaths for walkers, cyclists and horse riders.
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