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Tourbière de Gayme

Peat bog

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Name: Tourbière de Gayme

Name of locality: Picherande

Owner: public

Position: GPS :

Latitude : 45.582824

Longitude : 2.956803

Accessibility: From Picherande, go towards Camping

de La Blatte. At the camp site, park at the car park

where the short distance (PR) hiking path starts from, then

walk for less than 2 km to tourbière de Gayme peat bog.

Journey time: 1hr return

Facilities: 1 car park, camp sites, 1 fitness trail, 1 lake,

1 ski on wheels or roller run floodlit at night.

Location of work: in the area around Gayme peat

bog

Description of place: type of ground / surface

area / vegetation / aspect

A company called "Humustar" used this peat bog in

Puy-de-Dôme from 1989 to 2002 for horticultural

products. Since then, the council has developed the

site into a tourist and educational attraction.

Restoration work has been done on the site: redoing

the profile of the faces and drainage ditches and

replenishing with water. The council has developed

the educational side in partnership with the Parc

Naturel Régional des Volcans d’Auvergne nature

reserve and Humustar to recreate the history of

working the site, its restoration and development.

Various kinds of scientific monitoring are being

carried out to measure the impact of this restoration

on the environment.

In summer, the peat bog is surrounded by Rose Bay

Willow Herb and rushes are everywhere. The Sancy

range stands out in the background. The ground is

covered with grass or made up of fine gravel around

the peat bog.

The peat bog is 900 m long and less than 400 m

wide. The area around it covers about 4000 m2.

The extensive, open landscape means the sun is

present all day long.

Technical features of place: The short distance hiking path is also a cart track

which means all kinds of vehicles can access the peat

bog.

Advantages of place: Gayme peat bog is part of a discovery path designed

for families and school children.

There is a board explaining the footpath. A view of

part of the Sancy Massif is an added advantage to

the peat bog.

Comments: The peat bog is part of a fragile ecosystem. The

artist must make sure that this environment is

respected when creating his or her work.

La tourbière de Gayme La Tourbière de Gayme

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Tourbière de Gayme peat bog

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Footpath leading to the peat bog Explanatory board at start of footpath

* Esplanade; potential location of work

Tourbière de Gayme peat bog

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