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Modern Routes - Route Details

St Quentin-Tours GR655
St Quentin, Noyon; Noyon, Paris, Orléans; Orléans, Tours; Paris, Chartres, Tours

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This is waymarked as the GR655: from the Via Gallia Belgica at St Quentin via Compiègne and Paris, and then either a western route via Chartres (GR655 ouest) or an eastern route via Orléans (GR655 est).
As the GR meanders considerably, local groups of Amis de St Jacques suggest a more direct route:

Pending publication of a full FFRP topoguide, the Picardy region of the FFRP have produced an interim guide to their section from Bohain-en-Vermandoix to Viarmes, and there is an overview of the route in the Ile de France on the regional FFRP site. The GR route through Eure-et-Loir is shown on the Carte et Guide touristique. The Amis de St Jacques in Tours have a guide to the section from Château-Renault to Tours on their website.
See also Lepère Edns guides for alternative suggested routes to both Paris-Orleans-Tours and Paris-Chartres-Tours.

Confraternity of St James produces English: | factsheet

Detailed mapping for sections (compare with list above):

  • Paris-Tours
  • Noyon-Orléans
kmcumul kmview on map
Le Plessis-Noyon14.8414.84
Noyon-Carlepont14.8529.69
Carlepont-Compiegne30.0359.72
Compiegne-Senlis38.3498.06
Senlis-Carrefour Brunehaut7.55105.61
Carrefour Brunehaut-Royaumont12.19117.80
Royaumont-Bellefontaine25.41143.21
Bellefontaine-Ecouen13.36156.57
Ecouen-St Denis25.59182.16
St Denis-Tour St Jacques11.55193.71
1Tours St Jacques-Porte de Vanves5.815.81
1Coulée Verte du Sud Parisien14.4420.25
1Forêt de Verrières-Lozère4.4224.67
1Lozere-St Remy17.6742.34
1St Remy-St Arnoult24.9467.28
1St Arnoult-Rambouillet12.2579.53
1Rambouillet-Maintenon25.19104.72
1Maintenon-Chartres39.63144.35
1Chartres-Perruches36.59180.94
1Les Perruches-Chateaudun50.12231.06
1Chateaudun-Cloyes sur le Loir21.63252.69
1Cloyes sur le Loir-Lavardin54.20306.89
1Lavardin-Chateau Renault24.70331.59
1Chateau Renault-Vouvray40.79372.38
1Vouvray-Tours10.25382.63
aCarrefour Brunehaut-Gare d'Orry4.104.10
aGare d'Orry-Bellefontaine6.2710.37
bLozere-Arpajon23.8223.82
bArpajon-Etampes38.5162.33
bEtampes-Malesherbes42.96105.29
bMalesherbes-Pithiviers38.56143.85
bPithiviers-Checy51.53195.38
bChecy-St Jean de Braye5.31200.69
bSt Jean de Braye-Orleans4.57205.26
bOrleans-Clery St Andre16.58221.84
cEtampes-Mereville18.1018.10
cMereville-Bazoches22.1940.29
cBazoches-Ascheres8.0348.32
cAscheres-St Lye10.1258.44
cSt Lye-St Jean de Braye18.3776.81
dChartres-Barjouville5.685.68
dBarjouville-Bouville20.9726.65
dBouville-Bonneval11.1437.79
dBonneval-Chateaudun17.5055.29
vEpernon-St Prest19.7019.70
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