📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Vollore-Ville is a village located in the French department of Puy-de-Dôme, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, 50 km east from Clermont-Ferrand. It is one of the oldest villages of the territory. Inhabited since the Prehistoric period, the village was a Merovingian fortress during the French Middle Age (Merovingians were a dynasty who reigned from the 5th century to the middle of the 7th century). It is also located in the heart of the Livradois-Forez Regional Park. The municipality wants to involve the volunteers in the restoration of a garage and in the placing of a panoramic terrace in the municipality’s vegetable garden.
💼 What the programme involves
First of all, you will have to restore an old garage. Nowadays, it is used by the municipality’s technical service as a premise. The village wants to keep and enhance this garage. It possesses the typical characteristics of the 20th century garages. You will have the mission to renovate the exterior walls, sand and coat them. You will also have to paint the walls, windows and doors. Warning! On the highest facade, you will work on a scaffolding.
Secondly, you will help set up a panoramic terrace in the village’s vegetable garden. The objective is to create a resting place from where people could admire the view over the Mountain Sancy. Your work will benefit the inhabitants of the village but also visitors and people stopping to picnic. You’ll be supervised by a technician of the municipality who will be happy to share his knowledge with you. You will work 4 to 5 hours a day.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accomodated in tests in the municipal campsite The Grun de Chignore. You’ll have access to the campsite’s sanitary block where you will find showers and toilets. You could also use the swimming pool and the pétanque ground. The kitchen will be set up in the vegetable’s garden premise with an outdoor eating place. You will have the possibility to eat the garden fruits. You will walk to the work place (20 minutes).
📍 About the location
Vollore-Ville has 780 inhabitants. Its castle demonstrates the presence of a local seignory. To visit: its park, medieval halls and expositions. You could also walk through the streets of Vollore-Ville and visit the Saint-Maurice church.
During your stay, you could participate in the organization and attend to the Vollore Concerts. This festival programs concerts of classical musique, jazz and world music. Are welcomed famous artists and young talents. Some concerts take place in Vollore (castle, church), others in neighboring municipalities. You will also participate in the July 14th festivities (National day of France).
For hiking lovers, Vollore-Ville possesses around 62km of municipal hiking paths and a 100km of rural hiking paths. An opportunity to admire incredible panoramas over the Auvergne volcanoes Chaîne des Puys, the Livradois and the Limagne (large plain in the Auvergne region of France in the valley of the Allier river).
The lake of Aubusson d’Auvergne (5km from Vollore-Ville) offers a remarkable swimming spot. This nautical activities center is dedicated to relaxation, sports and to the discovery of a preserved environment.
ℹ️ Additional information
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