Assignan loop from Quarante

Assignan loop from Quarante

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Assignan loop from Quarante

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36.5km

480m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 25, 2026

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Parc naturel régional du Haut-Languedoc

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Start point

Bus stop

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9.98 km

View of the Pyrenees from Villespassans

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10.7 km

Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, the old castle chapel

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Much more than a simple village church, Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption was originally the chapel of the seigniorial castle of Villespassans. Built between the 12th and 16th centuries, it has the particularity of housing two superimposed naves, testifying to the different phases of its evolution. Its massive square tower, built of dressed stone, still dominates the heart of the old medieval village, where remains of the ramparts also still exist.

Villespassans developed on a ridge of Hettangian dolomites, limestone rocks about 200 million years old that mark the early Jurassic period. These extensive terrains offer a solid base on which the village was established and partly explain its dominant position in the landscape.

Nicknamed the "village of a thousand and one stones", Villespassans is also renowned for its remarkable dry stone heritage: *capitelles*, low walls, dolmens, and old agricultural constructions dot the surroundings.

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14.0 km

Quarante, Assignan, Saint Jean.

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On the way to Assignan, a beautiful road to a lovely village. I wouldn't miss a cup of coffee here.

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14.7 km

Assignan

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25.1 km

Las Fons en du Moulin Caves

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Beautiful ridge. There are caves.

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29.7 km

In the heart of medieval Montouliers

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In the heart of old Montouliers lies a heritage site that bears witness to the village's importance in the Middle Ages. The church of Saint-Baudile, whose existence is attested as early as the 10th century under the name Sanctus Baudelius de Monte Olerio, was rebuilt and enlarged over the centuries, mainly between the 12th and 14th centuries. Inside, the building houses a remarkable 14th-century polychrome stone statue of Saint Baudile, classified as a Historic Monument in 1975.

Just opposite are the remains of the castrum of Monte Olerio, the old fortified castle around which the medieval village was organized. This grouping around a fortified place, a church, and a few dwellings then formed the defensive and religious heart of the community.

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36.1 km

Sainte-Marie de Quarante, une abbaye au cœur du Minervois

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In the heart of the village of Quarante stands the church of Sainte-Marie, the former abbey church of a powerful Benedictine monastery founded in the 10th century. For nearly a thousand years, the abbey has marked the religious and economic history of the Minervois. The current church preserves the traces of this long history, with Romanesque elements from the 12th century associated with Gothic transformations carried out in the Middle Ages.

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36.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

35.3 km

1.23 km

Surfaces

35.5 km

988 m