Vaux-le-Pénil
Tertre des Roches
77000 Vaux-le-Pénil
GPS coordinates :
48.525732, 2.710475
Types of layout
Nature area, reforestation
Issues :
Brownfield redevelopment
Renaturation
Status:
Finalizing the layout
Project presentation
The project aims to restore and revitalize a neglected and damaged site. In partnership with the commune of Vaux-le-Pénil, the development plans to restore natural environments and recreate a landscape unit, in conjunction with the other surrounding mounds. This new walkway, open to the public, will feature a belvedere and the following amenities sports equipment and benches. Quiet zones will be set aside for biodiversity.
Key figures
May 2025
Start of work
duration of soil inputs
trees
planted
hectares
surface area, including 2.3 ha of woodland
equipment
and an orientation table
belvedere
offering a view of the mounds
Partners
Project life
End of land contributions, a new milestone reached
October 2025 – After four months of reusing inert construction and public works waste to transform this abandoned site and create new contours, our teams are now working to establish fertile soil to support the site’s renaturation. The fertile soil is being recreated through the selection of silt. In the winter of 2025-2026, a new phase will begin : the renaturation of the site, with the planting of more than 3,000 trees and the sowing of limestone grasslands.
Opening the site to soil inputs
May 2025 – Since May 22, the site has entered the rehabilitation phase, with the opening of the site to inert soil. Over a 4-month period, these inputs will be used to create a new park open to the public, restore natural environments and reconnect the landscape with the surrounding mounds.
Rehabilitating the Rochers mound
The Vaux-le-Pénil redevelopment project is a response to the degradation of this site, marked by backfilling and illegal dumping. The reclamation of inert soil from local construction sites on the site will enable us to rehabilitate this derelict land and transform the site, giving it a new use as a natural and recreational area. The rehabilitation of the site is directly self-financed by the circular economy of inert soil.
The aim of the project is threefold: to restore natural environments, create a landscape unit in harmony with the surrounding mounds, and open up the park to the public.
In partnership with the municipality, this project will be accessible to all and will become a space for relaxation, sports and landscape observation.
- a belvedere with an orientation table offering panoramic views and inviting visitors to explore the surrounding valleys.
- a quiet zone to preserve and promote local biodiversity.
