The « Pays de Fougères, Marche de Bretagne » is a rural area made-up of 44 municipalities. One of its assets is its strategic positioning. It is located in Brittany, adjacent to the Normandy and to the Pays-de-la-Loire Regions. It is close proximity to the Rennes metropolitan area and to the « Mont Saint Michel.
The « Pays de Fougères, Marche de Bretagne » benefit currently from the presence of 61 Km of green ways and of 76 km of bike routes.
In 2018, 26 KM of new green ways on the railway right-of-way, were inaugurated. Dedicated to hiking, cycling or horse riding, this part of green way is located between 2 urban and heritage areas: Fougères and Vitré municipalities.
This new green way has been an opportunity to develop a new touristic itinerary called « V 9 » and linking the city of Nantes with the Mont Saint Michel. Moreover, this V9 green way crosses 2 European cycling itineraries:
- l’EuroVélo 6 called « rivers cycles routes » (Véloroute des Fleuves), which go from Basel (Swiss) to Saint-Brevin-Les-Pins (France), following notably the Rhone-Rhin Canal, the Doubs and saône valleys, The Burgondy Canal before following the « Loire à vélo » itinerary.
- l’EuroVélo 4 called « Central Europe cycle routes » (Véloroute de l’Europe centrale) it goes from Kiev (Russia) to Roscoff (Bretagne Region-France) following notably the channel coast.
