Le Coteau de Pinel
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Natural heritage 📍 Pinel-Hauterive

Le Coteau de Pinel

The pech de Pasture is a limestone hillock with dry grasslands, juniper heaths and thermophilic oak woods. The site is remarkable for its flora, in particular its wild orchids, which number some twenty different species!

The pech de Pasture is a limestone hillock with dry grasslands, juniper heaths and thermophilic oak woods. The site is remarkable for its flora, in particular its wild orchids, which number some twenty different species!

To preserve this area, sheep grazing and manual mowing are practiced.


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How to get there

15 km from Villeneuve-sur-Lot.
Take the D242 to Casseneuil, then the D225 to Pinel-Hauterive. Park in the village parking lot under the church. A welcome sign awaits you there, indicating discreet access to the hillside via a narrow path leading up to the west of the village.


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