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VISITE LES BAUXITES DE BÉDARIEUX

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  • The tour will take place a few kilometers from Bédarieux, and will introduce you to the ruffes (typical local red earth) and the area's industrial and mining past.
    Come and visit the bauxite mining sites: the Issarts Rouge and Arboussas mines.
    More than 200 miners worked in France's largest bauxite mining basin, and the remains are still there, abandoned by the operator.
    Tuesday June 23, 9 a.m. - Meet at the Bédarieux Tourist Office for departure by car pool or private car
    Visit free of...
    The tour will take place a few kilometers from Bédarieux, and will introduce you to the ruffes (typical local red earth) and the area's industrial and mining past.
    Come and visit the bauxite mining sites: the Issarts Rouge and Arboussas mines.
    More than 200 miners worked in France's largest bauxite mining basin, and the remains are still there, abandoned by the operator.
    Tuesday June 23, 9 a.m. - Meet at the Bédarieux Tourist Office for departure by car pool or private car
    Visit free of charge, on registration at the Tourist Office: 04 67 95 08 79.
    Organized by Association Résurgences.
Schedules
Schedules
  • On June 23, 2026 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM