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Aspiring Geopark Beaujolais Application Dossier for Unesco Global Geopark November 2016 ASPIRING GEOPARK BEAUJOLAIS APPLICATION DOSSIER FOR UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK NOVEMBER 2016 ASPIRING GEOPARK BEAUJOLAIS 2016 1 SUMMARY 04 A - Identity of the candidate territory 33 _ C.2. Current status in term of protection of geological sites within the proposed Geopark 04 _ A.1. Name and identity C.2.1. Multiple methods of conservation 04 _ A.2. Geographic localization C.2.2. Inventories for future conservation 05 _ A.3. Physical and social characteristics 36 _ C.3. Data on the management A.3.1. Description of the territory and maintenance of all heritage sites A.3.2. The major landscapes features C.3.1. Protection of sites A.3.3. A mosaic of environments C.3.2. Vulnerable and unsecured sites A.3.4. Cultural and human landscapes 16 _ A.4. Organization in charge 37 D – Econmic activity and development project and structure of management A.4.1. The Syndicat Mixte of Beaujolais 37 _ D.1. Economic activities A.4.2. How does the organization work ? D.1.1. Vines and wines of the Pays Beaujolais: Geology and winegrowing soils, the alchemy 18 _ A.5. Technical support and interlocutors D.1.2. Agriculture in charge of the project D.1.3. Forest and logging A.5.1. The Geopark Beaujolais team D.1.4. Plenty of mines and quarries A.5.2. Working groups D.1.5. Tourism and leisure A.5.3. The Geopark and its local network 40 _ D.2. Existing and planned infrastructures D.2.1. Existing facilities and infrastructures 20 B – Geological heritage D.2.1.1. Touristic infrastructures 20 _ B.1. General geological description D.2.1.2. Geotouristic sites of the territory D.2.1.3. Touristic sites B.1.1. Beaujolais’ geology and its impact D.2.1.4. Natural sites on the Natural and Human landscapes D.2.1.5. Cultural and heritage sites B.1.2. The major geological units of the Beaujolais D.2.2. Planned infrastructures B.1.3. The Paleozoic metamorphic and igneous crystalline basement D.2.2.1. Signs and transverse equipments B.1.4. The marine Mesozoic sedimentary cover D.2.2.2. Planned equipments and arrangements B.1.5. The alpine era and the tectonics 44 _ D.3. Geotouristic potential in question structuration of todays Beaujolais D.3.1. Types of visitors and attendance B.1.6. The superficial Quaternary formations D.3.2. Visitors’ and professionals’ interest 27 _ B.2. Listing and description of geological for geotourism sites within the proposed Geopark D.3.3. An analysis of geotourism potential B.2.1. Inventory method and selection of geosites 45 _ D.4. Sustainable development B.2.2. Types of geological sites policies overview 29 _ B.3. Details on the value of geological sites D.4.1. Geotourism and economy B.3.1. Beaujolais’ geology and scientific activity D.4.2. Geological heritage B.3.2. International, national, regional 47 _ D.5. Encouraging responsibility and local importance of sites and empowerment of communities 30 _ B.4. Listing and description of non-geological 47 _ D.6. Awareness-raising policies sites with high geo-heritage interest D.6.1. Educational actions for pupils B.4.1. Natural heritage sites D.6.2. Visitor awareness and information B.4.2. Historical and cultural heritage sites D.6.3. Professionals and stakeholders’ awareness B.4.3. Economical and industrial heritage sites and information B.4.4. Landscape sites B.4.5. Visit sites and museum spaces 49 E - The applicant’s arguments and interests 49 _ E.1. Developing a strategy 33 C – Geoconservation and a project for the territory 33 _ C.1. Current or potential pressure 49 _ E.2. Being included in a network on the proposed Geopark 49 _ E.3. Reasons for joining the UNESCO C.1.1. Territorial dynamics of the Beaujolais Global Geoparks network C.1.2. Different types of pressure ASPIRING GEOPARK BEAUJOLAIS 2016 2 hanks to all those who participated in the Thèse Doct. Sc., Clermont-Ferrand, 187p. CREDITS Telaboration of the present application Rigaud J.P. (1985) - Études des formations AMAC, Association Beaujolais Runners, Association and to all people and organizations involved dévono-dinantiennes du Beaujolais Méridional. des Amis des Carrières de Glay, Association in this process: institutional actors and Thèse 3e Cycle, Grenoble. Itinéraires Paysages et Patrimoine, Association les Amis du vieux Bagnols, Brasserie Ninkasi, BRGM, elected people, touristic, economic and local Rousselle B. (1996) - Partition stratigraphique des faciès et des volumes de dépôt en domaine de CAUE, CE Lafarge, Chemin Faisant, Conservatoire stakeholders, associations, members of plateforme carbonatée. Exemple dans l’Aalénien Régional des Espaces Naturels, D. D’Harcourt / working groups, actors of the civil society du Sud-Est de la France. Doc. Lab. Géol. Lyon, 143, Château de Montmelas, D. Duvernay / Information supporting the project, the French Geoparks 225 p. agricole, Département du Rhône, Destination Beaujolais (Caméras Rouges, D. Fusina), DREAL network, etc. Rulleau (1989) - Les Grammoceratinae du Toarcien Rhône-Alpes, Espace Pierres Folles (B. Rousselle), supérieur de la région lyonnaise. Thèse de Doct., France 3, G. Blanchet / Association Météorologique Lyon, 218 p. SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY d’entre Rhône et Loire, Granulat Vicat, Hameau Savoye (1899) - Le Beaujolais préhistorique. Rey Besombes C. (2013) – « La démarche Géoparc en Dubœuf, INGN, Inter Beaujolais, J-C. Dubois, J-C. imp., Lyon, 214 p. Beaujolais, un projet pour le territoire », Revue Martin, Mairie d’Anse, Mairie d’Oingt, Mairie de Espaces, n°315, novembre 2013. Sider H. (1985) - Évolution d’un segment de la Charnay, Mairie de Jassans-Riottier, Mairie de chaîne hercinienne dans le Nord-Est du Massif Villefranche, Offices de Tourisme du Beaujolais Besombes C., Cazé C. (2015) – « Le Geopark Central Français. Région du Beaujolais. Thèse de (Pierres Dorées, Vignoble, Vert, Villefranche, Haut beaujolais : émergence d’un nouvel objet dans Doct., Nancy, 373 p. Beaujolais), P. Gadiolet / SMRPCA, Paléorhodania, la recomposition territoriale », CIST 2016 Région Urbaine de Lyon, S. & G. Ceyzériat, S. Proceedings, « En quête de territoire(s) ? Looking Suan et al. (2013) - Palaeoenvironmental Auray, SIGALES, Syndicat Mixte des Monts d’Or, for territories ? significance of Toarcian black shales and event deposits from southern Beaujolais, France. Geol. Syndicat Mixte du Beaujolais- Geopark Beaujolais Falsan & Chantre (1879) - Monographie Mag., FirstView, pp. 1-15. (A. Chignier, C. Besombes, C. Cazé, M. Bailhache), géologique des anciens glaciers et du terrain UNESCO, … erratique de la partie moyenne du bassin du Vincent et al. (2013) - Marine vertebrate remains Rhône. Imp. Pitrat, Lyon, 2 vol., 622 pp. et 572 pp. from the Toarcian-Aalenian succession of southern Beaujolais, Rhône, France. Geol. Mag., Joannes C. (1981) - Le district filonien de Beaujeu FirstView, pp. 1-13. (Rhône). Étude géologique. Thèse 3e Cycle, Orléans. Vitry F. (1982) - La bordure orientale du Massif Central au Lias inférieur dans le Mont d’Or Lacroix P. (1980) - Géologie du groupe de Violay lyonnais et le bas-Beaujolais. Thèse 3e Cycle, (Rhône) : contribution à l’étude des granités Lyon, 183 p. sodiques et des formations éruptives et volcano- sédimentaires associées. Thèse 3e Cycle, Lyon, Vuagnat P. (1984) – L’amas sulfuré de Chessy 169 p. (Beaujolais méridional). Thèse 3e Cycle, Lyon, 137 pp. Peterlongo J.M. (1960) - Les terrains cristallins des Monts du Lyonnais (Massif Central français). ASPIRING GEOPARK BEAUJOLAIS 2016 3 A / Identity of the candidate territory A.1. NAME & IDENTITY The applicant territory is the Geopark Beaujolais, which, in the north of the Rhône department, forms a part of the buttress of the Massif Central. Look- ing at the extreme alpine domain, the Beaujolais is one of the most complex geological areas in France : the diver- sity of the landscapes, of the natural habitat and of the buildings is the re- sult of a 500 million year-old geological history. Geopark Beaujolais’ logo The Beaujolais region, of which is known around the world for its twelve protected vineyard appelations, also has a wider historic anchorage. In the XIIIth century, the Beaujolais became, thanks to its capital Beaujeu, one of the three baronies of the French king- dom. Geopark’s territory is located near three sites included in the World Heritage UNESCO List : the historical site of Lyon, the cultural landscape of Burgundy and the La Tourette convent designed by Lecorbusier. A.2. Location map of the aspiring Geopark Beaujolais, in Europe GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION Geopark’s territory is located in the Au- vergne-Rhône-Alpes region and reach- es to the north part of the new-Rhône department, north of the city of Lyon. It expands north for about fifty kilo- meters along the Saône river’s axis to the Mâconnais and the Charolais areas, to the south up to the Lyonnais area, from the Saône valley to the east and up to the Roannais domain in the west. The Geopark head office is located in Villefranche-sur-Saône. Its geographic coordinates in Lambert 93 are: 832624,04 6544313,8 Location map of the aspiring Geopark Beaujolais, in France ASPIRING GEOPARK BEAUJOLAIS 2016 4 A _ Identity of the candidate territory A.3. SURFACE, SOCIAL AND GEOGRAPHI- CAL FEATURES The Geopark Beaujolais territory corre- sponds to the perimeter of the Syndicat mixte du Beaujolais (SMB) an adminis- trative entity founded in 2009 which comprises 128 member municipalities. It covers a surface of 1550 km² and has a population of 225 000 inhabit- ants. A.3.1. Description of the territory The organization of the relief seems quite desorganized in the entire Beau- jolais region. Three areas can be distin- guished and permit a description of the Relief map territory’s geomorphology. The geo- logical history of the territory, punctu- ated with great tectonic movements, is the source of the territory’s landforms as we know them today, but also of the nature of the soil which varies de- pending on the areas and is part of the wealth of the natural environment, of agricultural lands and of the traditional dwellings.
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