Boudes

Boudes in France is a commune in the Auvergne region in the Puy -de- Dôme Arrondissement in Issoire and the canton of Saint -Germain- Lembron.

General

The relatively small community of 7.92 square kilometers, is located on 437-726 m above sea level. The wine village on the D 48 has 271 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011). Boudes part with 45 hectares of wine-growing region Côtes- d Auvergne. From Saint- Germain- Lembron the place is 4 km away; on the D 909, turn shortly after this place off to Boudes.

History

The place is mentioned in writing for the first time in the 9th century. He belonged to the lords of Chalus on the neighboring castle of Chalus. Today's townscape can still imagine the Middle Ages.

Attractions

• Church of Saint Loup, Romanesque (11th century), structurally altered in the 19th and 20th centuries; internally supported danger of collapsing with a support structure; shaped iron rod spire
• Romanesque donjon
• In the vicinity of the place in a southeasterly direction, the " Valley of the Saitns " (Valley of Saints) with the geological peculiarity of 10 to 30 m high " cheminées de fées " ( chimneys of the fairies ), caused by erosion in the Tertiary ferruginous and therefore red-colored rock formations

The Romanesque church

Rocks in the Vallée des Saints