Settons Lake Dam – Lac des Settons loop from Champvé

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France

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Château-Chinon (Ville)

Ouroux-En-Morvan

Settons Lake Dam – Lac des Settons loop from Champvé

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Settons Lake Dam – Lac des Settons loop from Champvé

02:45

54.1km

790m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 12.4 km for 86 m

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10.5 km

Settons Lake Dam

Highlight • Structure

While other dams have a very specific shape, designed to withstand enormous water pressures, this dam was built in a pyramid shape. The water pressure exerted on this dam is …

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10.6 km

Settons Dam

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Created in 1858, this dam was first designed to allow the floating of wood to Paris.
It is now a tourist hotspot where hikers, walkers, mountain bikers, and many others come together.

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10.9 km

Lac des Settons North

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Lac des Settons is the best-known water point in the Morvan Regional Nature Park. Its popularity is not usurped. Come, you too can enjoy this emblematic place.

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12.4 km

Lac des Settons

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The Lac des Settons is the largest lake in the Morvan regional natural park. It is an important leisure center for all water sports practitioners, and an undeniable tourist attraction.

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42.3 km

Les Moulins Road along Lake Pannecière

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Pretty road which runs along the Lac de Pannecière with beautiful views of the shore and these surroundings.

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43.1 km

Pont des Vouas over the Yonne

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Bridge over the Yonne at the end of Lake Panneciére with a nice view from both sides of the bridge.

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46.8 km

The Pannecière reservoir was commissioned in 1949. This artificial lake's purpose is to increase the flow of the Yonne and Seine rivers and to mitigate the risk of flooding. It is the largest lake in the Morvan region.

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