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©Forêt de Seillon, le pouimon vert de Bourg-en-Bresse. Photo du concours photo|Roux
Our green lung

Seillon Forest

This forest stretches over a surface area of almost 600 hectares,

and is the green lung of the Bourg-en-Bresse urban area.

A historic forest

Seillon Forest is a stone’s throw from Bourg-en-Bresse, in the department of Ain and its history goes all the way back to the Middle Ages, when the forest belonged to the monks of the Carthusian monastery of Notre-Dame-de-Seillon.

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An idea for a family walk

Let’s take a stroll in the woods, while the wolf isn’t there… these words are from a popular French nursery rhyme about childhood imagination in the woods. This Sensitive Natural Area(ENS) on the outskirts of Bourg-en-Bresse is devoted to enjoyment and freedom.

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National Forestry Commission

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on the Forest of Seillon
La forêt de Seillon (Ain)
La forêt de Seillon (Ain)
La forêt de Seillon (Ain)
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