Rarécourt: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

In Rarécourt, the Ferme de la Vallée offers micro-workshops that are open to visitors. The activities on offer include beer mini-golf. The Ferme de la Vallée also produces farmhouse beers, sourdough bread and jams.

Anyone choosing Rarécourt as a destination may wish to rent a holiday apartment there.

Culture

In the vicinity of Rarécourt is the Abbaye Saint-Sauveur-et-Saint-Maurice de Beaulieu-en-Argonne, classified as a historic site.

The Musée de la faïence in Rarécourt’s Maison forte displays more than 800 pieces of Argonne earthenware and ceramics. The Maison forte, which houses the museum, was rebuilt from gaize in the 17th and 18th centuries. The collection also includes old postcards from Argonne, archaeological artefacts, coins, parchments and autographs from the revolutionary period.

In the wider regional area around Rarécourt are the Abbaye de Lachalade, classified as a historic site, the Fort des Sartelles, classified as a fortress, and the Fort de Landrecourt, also classified as a fortress.

Nature

The Forêt de Rarécourt et Forêt de Beaulieu-en-Argonne route runs halfway along the GR14 through a forest landscape and can begin at the former radio station.

The route passes the Chêne Jean Guézille, an oak tree named after Jean Guézille. From 1978 to 2015, Jean Guézille managed the Rarécourt municipal forest as an employee of the Office national des forêts.

In the wider regional area around Rarécourt are the Fontaines des Trois Évêques, classified as springs, the Fontaine aux Charmes, also classified as a spring, the Côte de l'Oie, classified as a hill, and the Fontaine-Tavannes, classified as a spring.

Part of the Rarécourt municipal area belongs to the Natura 2000 bird protection area “Forêts et étangs d’Argonne et vallée de l’Ornain”, with the code FR4112009.

Other destinations to choose from: Romagne-Sous-Montfaucon, Pagny-Sur-Meuse, Commercy, Thillombois, Étain, Cousances-Les-Forges, Beaufort En Argonne, Nonsard-Lamarche.

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