Lavoûte-Chilhac

The Allier swings round in a loop here, and Lavoûte-Chilhac takes its name from it: the word comes from the Latin for a bend. Set in the Allier gorges at over 400 metres, the village is built of local stone, usually rendered, with Volvic stone kept for the priory and the houses of local notables, while its oldest quarter fills the space inside the loop.

Highlights

• The loop of the Allier wrapping around the old quarter
• The priory, built partly in Volvic stone
• The Allier gorges between Langeac and Vieille-Brioude (FR)

Summary based on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.