Our region : Les Boutières
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Les Boutieres boast an extraordinary natural heritage that has been modified by man over the centuries : steep slopes, gorges and ravines with running torrents but also cultivated terraces and houses clinging to the hillside...
Higher up, orchards (cherries, apples, peaches) are replaced by chestnut orchards, then forests and finally grassland slopes where goats, cows and sheep graze quietly. On the sunny hillsides vines are grown...
In the west of the country, high granite and schist plateaux, the highest in the department (1754 m), boast lush grasslands, fir trees sometimes swept by a violent wind, breathtaking panoramas, frozen lava domes and beautiful waterfalls...
Many picturesque villages are to be seen in this region where mineral waters are still bottled.
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