シャルルヴィルメジエールのおすすめウォーキング＆ハイキングルート

Great view of the loop

Viewpoint over Fumay and the meander of the Meuse

Deserves to be ranked among the most beautiful villages in France. (in our opinion)

14km loop with 600m of elevation gain

We just completed the hike, which is magnificent. Physical but superb. 14.7 km and 490 km of elevation gain. A little info: The Naux footbridge is closed due to severe corrosion. Probably for quite some time, unfortunately. It's impossible to cross. We must continue to the Thilay bridge.

The footbridge is closed. June 2025

Givet belongs to the region of the French Ardennes and to the Calestienne. The pointe de Givet, consisting of Givet and its surroundings, is the only part of France where Walloon is spoken. Until the end of the 17th century, the area was part of the Southern Netherlands.

The construction of Fort Charlemont began in 1555 by order of Emperor Charles V. It dominates Givet and the Meuse valley. The fort and its defences have been modified several times. Between around 1600 and 1675, the Spanish expanded the fort. In 1678, it was conquered by the French army of King Louis XIV. The town fell to France in 1697. Vauban was commissioned to expand the complex and improve the works. In 1874, several forts on the border were modified based on the ideas of Séré de Rivières, including this fort. The bastions were rebuilt and an underground staircase with several hundred steps was dug into the rock. The staircase connects the fort to a railway tunnel. In this way, the fort could be supplied with ammunition, soldiers and equipment, all out of sight of the enemy and invulnerable to enemy artillery fire. In 2009, the French army transferred the fort to the municipality of Givet.