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LC Times - international edition

An underground page about La Clayette area (LC area)

 
 

La Clayette City and county
Brionnais, South Burgundy - France

La Clayette County is the southwestern door of the Burgundy. In the past, La Clayette had been written La Clette, La Claette, etc. The City name meant that the place was a key between different counties, Maconnais, Bourbonnais, Charolais...

The fondations of the famous LC caste started in 1380.

The area get many castles, lakes, romanesque churchs, and a gothic chapel, Sainte-Avoye in La Clayette, built by the Lords of Chantemerle since 1380 too
, currently in renovation. A big heritage. Summer is a long way of village festivals, each village of the county have a festival, during one week-end.
LC' market is every tuesday, the fair is on first tuesday of each month.

Dun Mount is remarkable, as the landscape, green and undulating.

More informations, news about LC area : LC Times

Informations in french about the History of the county, the villages : LC City and County.

A webpage about our Petit Versailles : Chateau de Dree

Photos avalaible : La Clayette photos and, on the Alain Crozier artworks gallery photos about the La Clayette Lake


Castle of La Clayette

 


Pont levis - château de La Clayette

 

 


chapel Sainte-Avoye


Main events are :
- February : LC carnaval (LC)
- April (or june) : Brionnais rally car (LC and county)
- May : 1 st of may, lilly of the valley picking in the castle park (LC)
- June : Midsummer Day'fires (LC, Dun) - Basketball tournament (LC), Celtic music festival (Saint-Laurent-en-Brionnais) - june 21th, Fete de la musique (LC)
- July : 13th, fireworks and ball (LC lake) - 14th jumble sale (LC) - Festvial des momes (LC, Colombier-en-Brionnais, area), Chantemerle show (LC castle) - Horse races (LC racecourse)
- August : Chantemerle show (LC castle) - Secondhand market (LC) - Summer feast (Oyé) - Horse races (LC racecourse) - National jumping (LC castle park) - village feasts (Saint-Racho, Saint-Christophe-en-Brionnais) - one monday, Grocery feast (Dyo) - fireworks and fun fait Saint-Roch (LC)
- September : heritage days (LC castle)
- October : Halloween (LC)
- November : New Beaujolais and chestnuts festival (Chatenay).
- December : 8th, illuminations , hot wine and chesnuts (LC) - Christmas market with german food products (LC)

more informations about LC counts history and tourism...

 

LC links :
Chantmerle
Chapelle Sainte-Avoye

Chocolats Dufoux
Distillerie Bouhy
LC area
LC County website
LC Dyo
Gibles City
Musée Automobile
Musée de la filature
Potain
Rambuteau
Tourism office

Around LC :
Anima Jeune Festival
Chapelle de Vers

 

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