Villenave-d'Ornon

Five thousand years of history for Villenave-d'Ornon, which enjoys an exceptional environment between forests, vineyards and castles, discover the town on foot or by bicycle...

• In the south, or toward Martillac Léognan, one can walk through the vineyards, enjoying beautiful and prestigious castles (Peyrehaut, Beausejour, Le Desert, Carbonnieux, Trigant, High Pontac, Couhins, Baret...). It is the road of the Graves in the Pessac-Léognan.
• Several water bodies are equipped for fishing: Lake Versein Avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny Road and Avenue Mirieu Galgon-de-la-Barre.
• Today, Sourreil Park became one of the most beautiful romantic parks of the city. Discover this fabulous green lung in the heart of the city: a place of rest, walk, picnic, games for children, discovery of a formidable biodiversity... Park Sourreil - Leysotte path.
• A major health course is available around the pool complex, Léognan drive, a second is located in the Sallegourde park (11 hectares).
• Formwork dating from medieval twelfth and thirteenth centuries: Both tombs reconstructed in the church of St. Martin (Bourg neighborhood) are tombs formwork stones. They are built with more rectangular blocks cut vertically arranged all around the body. In each case, cephalic cubicle for accommodating the deceased's head was fitted through one or more small stones. After filing the body, each of the graves was closed by a cover made up of several blocks sealed with mortar, in one case with the reuse of a fragment of the tank of a Merovingian sarcophagus. Both tombs have yielded the bones of two adults subjects: a man who is at least 20 years old when he died and a woman over 40 years. It is an opportunity to redesign work of the front of Saint Martin's Church, several phases of occupation of the old cemetery have been established in the North East sector, in particular the discovery Unexpectedly two Merovingian sarcophagi (fifth - eighth centuries) marking use the place as a burial space (nearly 250 graves dating from the Middle Ages to modern times have been unveiled). Whatever the period, the burials density is very high all around the church, with many overlaps, in the southern sector exception of the building entrance to the apse, where they are more rare. The orientations of the graves are west-east majority, head west. St. Martin's Church - Place du Maréchal Joffre - Bourg district.

• Urban Transhumance 1st Sunday of October, prairie Courrejean - area of ​​the town.
• Feast of Saint Patrick's concert and celt Noz the second Friday of March, Space Ornon - district of Chambéry.
• Farmers Market every Saturday morning, rue Thiers - neighborhood Chambery.
• Christmas Market in the 2nd weekend in December, rue Thiers - district of Chambéry.
• Garage sales on the last Sunday of March or June to September from 8h to 18h Rue Thiers - district of Chambéry.