View of the Vallon de l'Urugne from the Sabot de Malepeyre.Once in La Canourgue or Banassac, discover the Vallon de l’Urugne. On the heights of the Vallon de l’Urugne, stands an astonishing 30-meter-high limestone rock, sculpted over time by erosion: the Sabot de Malepeyre. It’s a real geological curiosity. This rock, a listed natural site, takes the strange shape of a hoof, from which it takes its name.
This unmissable natural site is also a nesting ground for rock birds (peregrine falcons, great horned owls, red-billed choughs…).
Sabot de Malepeyre, 30m-high rock overlooking the Urugne valley above the Gorges du Tarn golf course at La Canourgue.
Sabot de Malepeyre - 30m limestone rock - 5km from La Canourgue, on the Causse de Sauveterre road. Panoramic view over the Urugne Valley
View of the Vallon de l'Urugne from the Sabot de Malepeyre.DID YOU KNOW?
Every year, COPAGE organizes activities to discover the Vallon de l’Urugne during the summer months.
On this Natura 2000 site, the vast majority of natural environments are either recognized as habitats of community interest, or have characteristics favorable to chiropterans.
The main issues are
– preserving the bocage environment: the hedgerows are a preferred transit route and hunting ground for the Greater and LesserRhinolophus bats present in the Vallon de l’Urugne.
– the preservation of the mosaic of open and semi-open spaces required to maintain species habitats. These farmland and bocage environments can be fundamental to the biology and environmental requirements of bats;
– the preservation of wild orchid lawns of Community interest, which involves, among other things, controlling overgrowth.
– maintaining the oligotrophy of calcareous Orchid lawns is another important issue.
All these issues also contribute to the landscape and environmental quality of the area.
In brief, the Vallon de l’Urugne is :
From the D998 towards La Canourgue or Banassac.
