Saint-Loup-du-Dorat: Pra-Loup
Developed around an old mountain hamlet, Pra-Loup grew into a four-season resort above the Ubaye Valley in the southern French Alps. Part of the commune of Uvernet-Fours in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, it occupies slopes above the Ubaye River, among larch woodland, alpine pasture and rocky ridges. The resort opened in 1961 and is linked with Val d’Allos in the Espace Lumière ski area. Pra-Loup also holds a place in cycling history: its 1975 Tour de France stage finish is remembered for Bernard Thévenet’s attack on Eddy Merckx, an episode that helped decide that year’s race.
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Built around a rural parish, Saint-Loup-du-Dorat grew into a small agricultural commune in Mayenne, within Pays de la Loire. It stands in the gently rolling bocage of the former province of Maine, where pasture, crop fields and hedgerows remain a defining rural pattern. This is a quiet area between the larger towns of Laval and Sablé-sur-Sarthe, shaped more by working farmland than urban development. Local identity remains closely tied to the traditional commune structure and Mayenne’s agricultural character. Browse other webcams across Mayenne and Pays de la Loire to place this setting in a wider geographic context.
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