Arboretum de Charvols

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The Arboretum de Charvols (also known as arboretum du plateau de La Chaise-Dieu) is a 3-hectare arboretum located in Malvières, Haute-Loire department, Auvergne (France).

Place: Saint-Robert de la Chaise-Dieu Abbey is nearby The Charvols arboretum is located in the forest of the plateau de la Chaise-Dieu at an altitude of 900 m, giving it an excellent panoramic view of the Dore valley, the villages of Arlanc, Marsac-en-Livradois and Ambert as well as the mountains of Livradois and Forez. It is open a few days a week during the warm months of the year, a fee is charged.

History: It is planted in the spring of 1993 in an old agricultural clearing in the middle of the plateau forest of La Chaise-Dieu. It was initiated by the Centre for Technical and Economic Studies of the Forest (CETEF) of Haute-Loire with the SIVOM of the Canton of La Chaise-Dieu (now community of communes of the Plateau de La Chaise-Dieu) and the Departmental Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry. The objectives have been defined with the Regional Forest Ownership Centre (RFC) and the councils of the National Forestry Board (NFB)...