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Les étangs de Villefranche

Salle Polyvalente, 89120 Charny Orée de Puisaye

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A loop of river marked by woodland and ponds, with a section bordering the departments of Yonne and Loiret.

Park in the car park by the community hall, opposite the town hall. (D/A) Walk up the street towards the ‘No Entry’ sign. When you reach the school, turn right onto a small path that goes round the school on the right. Pass the signposts on your left until you reach a chicane. (1) Just after passing the chicane, turn left and walk up the grassy path alongside the fences on your right. At the end of this path, you’ll reach a junction; facing the corner formed by a low wall, turn right to head down onto the D18. Opposite No. 33 Rue de Villeneuve, turn right and continue for about fifty metres. (2) Turn left to head down the path and enter the woodland. Cross a ford (if the water is high, take the footbridge on the right). You’ll come to a junction of roads. (3) Carry straight on towards Les Dionnets. Pass the farm on your left and continue straight ahead along a path lined with hedges until you come out onto a road. (4) Turn left onto this road and continue until you reach a junction. (5) Turn straight ahead, towards La Millonerie. Cross along the embankment of the Étang de la Chaumotte. Just before the house at La Millonerie, the road turns into a track that crosses a woodland. Ignore all side paths (mostly blocked by chains and barriers). (6) As you emerge from the woodland, turn left, following the edge of the woodland on your left. (7) At the junction with the cross-path, veer to the left. Walk alongside a grassy area, behind which are fences enclosing private ponds, until you reach the first houses in Les Crouteaux. Pass the track leading into the property on your left, then turn right to reach a four-way junction. (8) Take the track on the left, then turn left again at the next junction (Stop sign). Continue along the road until you reach a junction. (9) Carry on straight ahead, ignoring the track leading to Les Miniers. Pass under the power line and reach a crossroads you have already passed on the way there. (3) Turn right onto the track which crosses a ford (if the water is high, take the footbridge on the left) and leads onto a road (RD18, Route de Villeneuve). (2) There, turn right and shortly afterwards (about 50 m), take the grassy path on the left. At the junction, turn left, following the wire fence, then come out onto the tarmac road. Head to the right, passing the chicane, then join the path running past the school and the car park (D/A).

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Listing provided by En Bourgogne, la Puisaye a du génie ! (updated by the source on 24/04/2026).

Tourist office data: DATAtourisme, Licence Ouverte (French open licence), updated 28 October 2026.