On « papermakers’s path » : paper mill origins

Amateurs of pedestrian hikes, we decide, for, this last day of hilday in Ambert, to do « papermakers path » hike. We are ready to go to discover the « papermakers’s path » hike, in the heart of Regional Natural Park of Livradois-Forez. We are interested in the history of this paper mill of Ambert.

« Papemakers’s path » or how paper is arrived in Ambert ? To know all details on paper mill origins of Ambert, on the way for 3 hours of walk on paper masters scars. During our walk, some informative pannels plundge us centuries back, to the discovery of these establishments of these paper mills in Livradois-Forez, especially in Ambert town.

We love doing sports, we indulge ourselves and we take the time to discover the region that we visit.

We love doing sports, we indulge ourselves and we take the time to discover the region that we visit.

We discover the rich past of Ambert region at 15th century thanks to paper mill development : a paper of high quality, thanks to Livradois-Forez clean water, known all around the world.

Today, only one paper mill still works, the paper mill « Richard de Bas », where we still make daily sheets of paper, one by one, by hand.