L’Arboux
Culture Oignons Doux
Culture Oignons Doux
Mandagout

L’Arboux

History and culture
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Descend towards L’Arboux hamlet, which owes its name to the Occitan arboç (strawberry tree), a tree not found everywhere in the Cévennes, before going back up to explore the crop terraces of Cévennes mild onion.

1 point of interest

  • Le hameau d'Arboux et ses vergers
    Le hameau d'Arboux et ses vergers - Nathalie Thomas
    Agriculture

    The Reinette apple and the sweet onion

    The Arboux valley is the valley of the queen of apples! Apples have been grown here since the 11th century, and King Louis XIV was very partial to them. There are still many apple trees in the area.
    But the sweet onion also has its birthplace in this valley. It has been grown here for almost two centuries. The local climate and soil favour it: a sandy acidic soil, dry weather in summer, and a lot of water. The sweet onion is sown in February, planted out in May and harvested in August. It keeps several months in a cool dark place.

Description

Signposts will guide you all along this route. In the description below, the signposted place names and/or directions are given in bold italics between quotation marks :

Starting at “MANDAGOUT”, walk to “L’ARBOUX” via “Mandagout – Centre” :

  1. “Croix de Navous”. Then :
  2. “L’ARBOUX”. Go to “COSTUBAGUE” via :
  3. “L’Arboux”.
  4. At “COSTUBAGUE” continue to :
  5. “La Planque”, then return to “MANDAGOUT” via “Mandagout –Centre”.

This walk is taken from the guidebook Les Vallées Cévenoles - En Pays Viganais, published by the Communauté de communes Pays Viganais-Cévennes as part of the collection Espaces Naturels Gardois and the label Gard Pleine Nature.

  • Departure : Mandagout
  • Arrival : Mandagout
  • Towns crossed : Mandagout and Saint-André-de-Majencoules

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Recommandations

Make sure your equipment is appropriate for the day’s weather conditions. Take enough water, wear sturdy shoes and put on a hat. Please close any gates and barriers behind you.

Is in the midst of the park
The national park is an unrestricted natural area but subjected to regulations which must be known by all visitors.

Information desks

Tourism office Cévennes and Navacelles, Le Vigan

Maison de pays, place du Marché, BP 21, 30120 Le Vigan

https://sudcevennes.com/contact@sudcevennes.com04 67 81 01 72

This office is part of the National Park's associated tourist-information network, whose mission is to provide information on, and raise awareness of, the sites and events as well as the rules that must be observed in the National Park's central zone.
Open year-round

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Transport

Alès bus line 142

Nîmes bus line 140

Montpellier bus line 608
LIO line 106 (Saturdays only)

LIO Région Occitanie - https://lio.laregion.fr/

Access and parking

From Alés or Nîmes take the D999 towards Vigan, then the D370 and D170 via Col des Mourèzes to Mandagout

Parking :

Village square

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Source

Parc national des Cévenneshttp://www.cevennes-parcnational.fr/

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