Along this heritage trail, you will discover, in 8 stages, the places of memory and picturesque sites of the village.
Stage 1: Former holiday camp
The former holiday camp was built in 1953 for the children of employees of the Compagnie des Wagons-Lits (an SNCF subsidiary). It closed at the end of the 1980s.
A private holiday camp approved by Youth and Sport, able to accommodate up to 160 children
(boys and girls), mostly from the north of France.
Stage 2: Talbot and Rondi pottery
The Talbots come from a dynasty of potters working at La Borne, in the Cher. Roland Talbot settled in La Flachère in 1938, in the centre of the village, below the first workshop.
Stage 3: St Philibert church
In 1494, the Bishop of Grenoble, Laurent I Alleman, uncle of Bayart, noted that there was only a small chapel bearing the name of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette.
Stage 4: Pabioud workshop
This building is the last witness to 19th-century pottery. An oven remains, with an impressive brick vault, said to be the bread oven.
Stage 5: Notre-Dame de la Salette chapel
As villagers remember it, every year, during the 3 days before Ascension Thursday, the chapel was opened to celebrate the "Rogations".
Stage 6: Grenoble-Chapareillan tramway station
La Flachère station is at kilometre 33. At this point, the tramway line reaches its highest altitude, 423m86 above sea level.
Stage 7: Bridge + viewpoint
View over the Belledonne range. The bridge is made of dressed stone.
Stage 8: Place Denis de Salvaing de Boissieu (La Buissière)
Denis de Salvaing de Boissieu came from a family of Dauphiné nobility from the Grésivaudan. During the 17th century he became a leading authority in political, legal and literary matters. Among other things, he was the 1st President of the Chambre des Comptes of the Dauphiné.
