La Bégude-de-Mazenc

The village took the name of La Bégude-de-Mazenc in 1984. At the gateway to the Dieulefit region, a former stronghold of the Knights Templar, which fell to ruin in 1320, La Bégude was a stagecoach halt - Begude means "drinking place" -, and at that time was only a hamlet of Châteauneuf-de-Mazenc, the perfectly restored feudal village that sits above it.

Like many villages of medieval origin, La Bégude-de-Mazenc is made up of two distinct urban sites: La Bégude-de-Mazenc itself, on the plain, and the old village, Châteauneuf, on top of its hill, as if still ready to withstand a siege. Come and discover the cobbled streets, the belfry and, above all, the panoramic view over the valley.