Acknowledgement
We want to acknowledge M. Anido Mirolo who has permitted to publish the present hike which is also presented on his blog.
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A hike in the region Ile-de-France
A one-day hike that starts from the Marne bank in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, and goes upstream along the river Petit Morin, one of the Marne tributaries. In the village of Jouarre, Saint Paul's Merovingian crypt deserves the visit.
1- Leave the station car park for downtown. In the street Pierre Marx, turn to the left. At the second crossroads, go to right, in the street "rue des Pelletiers". Cross the river Marne.
2- At the quay, turn to the right. Go along the Marne river and, at the river bend, go straight to the street Fizeau. Turn to the left in the avenue F. Roosevelt. At the roundabout, take the first street on the right. Cross the next crossroads, and continue in the street Petit Condetz. Cross the river Petit Morin, and turn to the left.
3- Take the first track on the right. Go up to the road D402.
4- Once at the road, turn to the left. Continue on the road D402 which will lead you to the centre of Jouarre.
5- At the large crossroads in the center of the village, go to the opposite street ("rue de Montmorin"). Cross an intersection, and continue in the street Clos Pitou.
6- Take the path in the continuation of the road. Continue on GR11 path up to Romény.
7- In Romény, go straight in both next crossings. Then, continue in the track which extends the last street. Once at the road, turn to the left. Go to the road D114. Turn to the right. Walk 50 m, and take the left track.
8- One hundred metres after passing the road D204, turn to the right. Pass a road on your left that leads to a campsite. Turn to the left and go to Choisel brook.
9- Cross the brook. Continue on the track situated on the edge of Marcou Wood, up to reach the road D37.
10- Turn to the left, and take the first right track. This track, on the edge of the forest, leads to Courcily.
11- Take the narrow road in front of you. At the road D68, turn to the left. In Saint-Ouen-sur-Morin, at the first crossroads after the river, go straight. In the village, pass a bend to the right, a bend to the left, and a crossing.
12- Take the first street to the right (rue Hasard) that continues with a path on the edge of a cemetery.
13- Turn to the left. Once at the road, turn to the left and go straight on the edge of the hamlet of Hermitière. Take the track to the right. Continue on the path called "Pays des Morins" towards the hamlet of Biercy.
14- In Biercy, after a fork on your left, take the first road to the right. Don't turn at the right bend, but go straight.
15- Go along the river up to the hamlet of Vanry.
16- Continue up to the crossroads at the end of the hamlet. Turn to the left, cross the bridge, and reach the road D204. Turn to the right, and take the left road.
17- At the second footpath crossing, turn to the right. At the next crossing, turn to the right and go up to a road. Continue on the path in front of you. One hundred metres farther, this road crosses the road D204. Continue straight ahead.
18- Turn to the right, then to the left. Cross the river Petit Morin. At the crossroads, continue straight ahead to go to the road D407.
19- Turn to the right and, 30 m farther, take the track on your left. Walk past a crossing with a track to the right. Turn to the left at the next crossing. The track continues with a narrow road which joins the road D70. Go straight ahead, then take the left path (GR11) which joins the street "rue du Guet" in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre.
20- In this street, turn to the right. At the crossroads with Condé's street, take the street "rue du Faubourg" situated in front of you, slightly to the left.
21- You are coming back to the first section. From there, come back to the starting point.
Information
General points
- Geographic situation. District : La Ferté-sous-Jouarre
(department Seine-et-Marne)
Road map with
 - Starting point : Car park of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre station.
- The length of the stroll is estimated at 24 Km and the walk duration is about 7 h 30 mn.
- The stroll is marked out all along
- Stroll form : dual (one part as a loop, the other one linear)
- Stroll relief : hilly (alt. mini = 55 m ; alt. maxi = 150 m)
- Maintenance : regular (right brushwood clearing)
- Exposure : varied (both covered and uncovered areas)
Events and information
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Worth seeing.
At half-way, a shelter, three walls and a roof, with a bench, can be an ideal place for a break. This is a former station, in Courcily, on the right side of road D68, at the corner with a small road that joins the road D31.
Noteworthy places
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La Ferté-sous-Jouarre. The city was founded in the IXth century, arround a fortress on an island of the river Marne. The city underwent intense fights and destructions during the First World War. From the Renaissance till the first half of the XXth century, it was an industrial centre for millstone factories. The calcareous-siliceous rocks from this area were used as grindstones for mills. You can see such stones along the quays of Marne.
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Les cryptes mérovingiennes. Jouarre owns a historic jewel: one of the most ancien Merovingian monuments in Europe. The holy founders of the first abbey rest in the three sarcophaguses of Saint Paul's crypt, each of them in a separate nave. The nave with Saint-Agilbert's sarcophagus has a chevet sculptured with a large low-relief representing a Tetramorph, in perfect preservation. Marble sculpted capitals are remarkable and present a style with some Roman influences.
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L'église Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul. Jouarre church goes back to the XVth century. It was restored several times. Inside, you can see an Entombment sculpture and reliquaries.
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La Tour Romane de Jouarre. The Romanesque Tower, originally included into the abbey, goes back to the XIth-XIIth century, even if its displays a more recent architecture, between Gothic anc Renaissance, which corresponds to its restoration during the XVIth century.
Maps
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Carto Exploreur 77 Nord, IGN 2514 E.
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