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Champigny-sur-Veude – Richelieu loop from Seuilly

Champigny-sur-Veude – Richelieu loop from Seuilly

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Champigny-sur-Veude – Richelieu loop from Seuilly

02:42

56.2km

180m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 15, 2026

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After 8.18 km for 386 m

After 12.0 km for 121 m

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8.37 km

View of the Royal Fortress of Chinon

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The best view of the town of Chinon and its royal fortress. The adjoining park with its tavern can be a wonderful place for a break.

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9.45 km

The Clock Tower, Chinon

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Orgasmic pastries

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14.0 km

Greenway of the Loire-Anjou-Touraine Regional Natural Park

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Suitable for cycling, on flat old train tracks, toilet on route

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26.4 km

Champigny-sur-Veude is a very old village which was called Campiniacus in 1080. From this period dates the attachment of the parish of Champigny to the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Noyers which will keep the cure and the income until the end of the 15th century. Champigny also has its castle: it is made up of three main buildings forming a "U". The whole building is built in a Renaissance style, and is spread over two levels. The whole is surrounded by a moat supplied with water by the Veude.

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27.3 km

Old train route from Richelieu to Chinon

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33.4 km

Richelieu, a new town in the 17th century

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In 1631, to thank his minister, Cardinal Richelieu, for his eminent services, King Louis XIII did him the favor of erecting "a town enclosed by walls and moats and building a market hall" and establishing four annual fairs and two markets per week. Thus emerged from nothing, an "ideal city" according to the precepts of the time which would bear the name of the Cardinal. Richelieu entrusted Jacques Lemercier, architect of the king, author of the Sorbonne and the Palais-Royal, with the task of building, on the site of the family property, a vast castle, a reflection of his grandeur and a new city, nearby. Nearly 2000 workers would work on the site. Inside the walls, the Cardinal gave the land to whoever agreed to build a pavilion within two years according to the plans filed with the city registry. The inhabitants will be exempt from tax and gabelle until there are 100 houses built. 4/5 of the project will be completed between 1632 and 1642, the year of the Cardinal's death. Contrary to the words of Jean de la Fontaine (who also ironically described the town as "the most beautiful village in the universe"), far from being deserted, the town had 4,000 inhabitants in 1690, compared to less than 2,000 today.
This innovative project, which linked the construction of a castle and a town in the same program, foreshadowed the Versailles construction site that would open 30 years after the completion of the city walls of Richelieu. Adjacent to the walls, Richelieu Park, with an area of 475 ha, housed the vast estate of the castle of the du Plessis family (original surname of Cardinal Richelieu), of which only a few vestiges remain today.
Richelieu is now a somewhat unusual town in the French landscape, with its three access gates and its two large symmetrical squares. Organized in quadrilaterals and perpendicular streets in the manner of American cities, it offers a unique testimony to urban planning of the Grand Siècle.

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Richelieu

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Richelieu is a special town: Commissioned by Cardinal Richelieu, it is a remarkable testimony to 17th century town planning. It is based on a checkerboard plan on the model of Roman towns or medieval bastides, and is surrounded by ramparts and monumental gates. It also has pleasant gardens (the Parc de Richelieu) as well as a magnificent market hall.

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56.2 km

End point

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Way Types & Surfaces

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30.4 km

18.9 km

3.74 km

3.03 km

194 m

Surfaces

39.7 km

15.9 km

424 m

194 m

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View of the Royal Fortress of Chinon

The Clock Tower, Chinon

Greenway of the Loire-Anjou-Touraine Regional Natural Park