Boulogne Forest

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Boulogne Forest Description

(Local Name: Bois de Boulogne) This 865 hectare/2,135 acre park Bois de Boulogne, crisscrossed by footpaths and bridle-paths but also traversed by broad motor roads, lies on the western boundary of Paris, between the Boulevard Périphérique on the east and the Seine on the west. It takes its name from the old pilgrimage church of Notre-Dame de Boulogne-le- Petit, built in the 14th C by pilgrims returning from a pilgrimage to Notre-Dame de Boulogne-sur-Mer. In the 15th C a small settlement called Boulogne grew up on the site, and the name was subsequently applied also to the wood of holm oaks which surrounded it. For long a royal hunting ground and also the haunt of bandits and other undesirables, it was surrounded

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Hobbies & Activities category: Natural area; Provincial or municipal park