Chaumard: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

Chaumard is one of the four lakeside municipalities on Lac de Pannecière. Lac de Pannecière is the largest lake in Burgundy and stretches for 7.5 kilometres through a landscape of wooded hills.

Renting a holiday apartment in Chaumard is one possible travel plan.

By the water

At Lac de Pannecière, fishing and hiking are recreational activities for visitors. In summer, guided tours of Lac de Pannecière and the dam are offered.

Getting around

The moderately difficult 21.5-kilometre cycling loop “Boucle de Chaumard” starts and ends in the centre of Chaumard. The “Les rives du petit lac de Pannecière” hiking trail also passes through Chaumard.

The 10-kilometre, moderately difficult hiking loop “Boucle du maquis de Chaumard” starts and ends in Chaumard and leads to the Monument des Maquis de Chaumard.

Culture

The parish church of Saint-Pierre, dedicated to Saint Peter, is predominantly Romanesque in style and features a bell tower and a portal with a short canopy.

The wider regional surroundings of Chaumard also include the ancient sites “Bibracte, Mont-Beuvray. Les Sources de l'Yonne”, “Bibracte, Mont-Beuvray. Le Theurot de la Wivre”, “Bibracte, Mont-Beuvray. Le quartier du Champlain” and “Bibracte, Mont-Beuvray. Les ateliers de la Porte du Rebout”.

Landscape

The Parc Naturel Régional du Morvan, a regional nature park, is located in the surroundings of Chaumard.

The wider regional surroundings of Chaumard include the Saut de Gouloux waterfall, Mont Preneley mountain and Mont Genièvre mountain.

Other places: Biches, Lormes, Gâcogne, Dun-Sur-Grandry, Nuars, Préporché, Montsauche-Les-Settons and Rémilly.

To the higher-level travel overview: Nièvre.