Moonlight circuit in Maubeuge
Maubeuge
This cycle tour allows you to discover the main sites of the siege of Maubeuge which took place from August 27 to September 8, 1914. Certainly, this siege immobilized tens of thousands of German soldiers for several days who could not cope.
Type : Loop
Max altitude : 156m
Departure from Place Vauban (Tourist Office).
(D/A) Opposite the Tourist Office, go left, immediately take the path going up to the corner of the building and reach the back of it. Turn left, pass under the Porte de Mons and continue straight on. Follow Rue Casimir Fournier on the left.
Before crossing the roundabout, enjoy a view of the Fort des Sarts on your left.
(1) After crossing the Route de Valencienne, follow it to the left then turn right onto Boulevard de l'Épinette (D105). After a few meters, turn left into the first street and join the Route de Feignies. Then turn left, Rue du Pont de Pierre, cross Rue de Mairieux (D1) and quickly join Chemin de Buffalo on the right just before the roundabout.
(2) Go right on this path. At La Bruyère, continue straight on Rue du Fort Leveau then cross the D105. Continue opposite on the D136, pass Fort Leveau on the left and reach the crossroads with the N2 at Mairieux.
(3) Continue straight on Avenue du Floricamp. In Mairieux, turn left and take Route d'Elesmes. At the roundabout, continue straight on until the D28.
(4) At the corner of the cemetery, turn left onto Route de Binche and reach Fort de la Salmagne on the left.
(5) Once you have seen or been able to visit the Fort, turn around, retrace your steps to the cemetery.
(4) Take Route de Mairieux on the left, then Rue du Ponteau on the left and Rue de Boussois on the right. Continue straight on Chemin d'Elesmes, then on Rue de Moronval after passing under the highway.
(6) In the center of Boussois, turn right, Rue Anatole France then straight on Rue Eugène Chimot, which will become Route de Boussois after the roundabout.
(7) At Rue du Béguinage on the left, continue straight for a round trip to the Assevent National Necropolis.
(8) At the D136, turn right and immediately right onto Avenue du Maréchal Delattre de Tassigny, and reach the Assevent National Necropolis.
(9) Once you have visited the necropolis, retrace your steps and turn left and left again on the Route de Boussois.
(7) Turn right towards Rue du Béguinage and at the end on the left, Rue Maurice Willot and a few meters later on the right, Rue du 158e Régiment d'Infanterie. Join the Sambre river.
(10) Take the Chemin de Halage to the right towards Maubeuge, follow the Sambre, pass under the motorway bridge and reach, at the bridge over the Sambre, the roundabout on the right.
(11) At the roundabout, take the exit towards Avenue Jean Mabuse which becomes Avenue Albert 1er. At the roundabout, continue straight.
.(12) At the end of Place Vauban, cross the street and join the square (D/A).
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IGN card: 2806O