Peyroules

The village of Peyroules lies on the edge of a very old route leading from Digne to Cagnes via Castellane, the via Salinaria. In the Middle Ages, the village was perched on a flat area clinging to the side of the rocky outcrop overlooking the valley. A Romanesque chapel dedicated to Saint Pons, moving in its simplicity, still watches over these wild and stony places. It was the castral chapel of the feudal castle, the remains of which still stand.

All that remains of this distant past are four hamlets scattered across the plain. The main hamlet is La Rivière, in the centre of the commune. The town hall is housed in an 18th century manor house. The parish church, dedicated to Sainte Anne, was built in 1830.
The hamlets of La Foux to the east and La Bâtie to the west have older buildings dating from the 17th century.
The hamlet of Le Mousteiret, whose name recalls that a monastery once owned land there, has a grotte des Fées (fairy grotto) at the foot of the cliff.

Lying along a river lined with tall poplars and surrounded by lush green meadows, the hamlets of Peyroules, still farmed, with their good smells and tractors, have become the stronghold of city-dwellers in search of nature, who have set about restoring some of its magnificent old barns in the local yellow stone.

In Peyroules, children are king: they can play in the street or ride their bikes in complete peace... Their parents, meanwhile, can enjoy fishing in the bucolic, crystal-clear Jabron river!