Natural world · Evidence-led place record

Beaujolais UNESCO Global Geopark

FR

Explore the “Tour des Pierres Dorées,” a major hiking route across the Beaujolais UNESCO Global Geopark, with 12 marked circuits leading to key geosites.Experience the release of “Beaujolais nouveau,” a vin de primeur sold the same year it is harvested. Celebrated on the third Thursday of November, it is marked by festivals across the country and globally.

Beaujolais UNESCO Global Geopark in FR
Photo: UNESCO Global Geopark Beaujolais · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
CategoryUNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
LocationFR
DatasetUNESCO Global Geoparks
Listed/year2018
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness95%
SignificanceGLOBAL GEOHERITAGE; 158,600 ha

The oddity, explained

Why is Beaujolais UNESCO Global Geopark unusual?

Beaujolais UNESCO Global Geopark appears here because the approved source classifies it as natural world. The source describes it as Explore the “Tour des Pierres Dorées,” a major hiking route across the Beaujolais UNESCO Global Geopark, with 12 marked circuits leading to key geosites.Experience the release of “Beaujolais nouveau,” a vin de primeur sold the same year it is harvested. Celebrated on the third Thursday of November, it is marked by festivals across the country and globally. Heritage Atlas treats that specific classification-and-description combination as the oddity; the score is a comparative discovery signal, not proof of mystery or the supernatural.

Evidence and further exploration

The coordinate, category and description remain tied to the cited source. Comparative oddness helps discovery; it does not add facts that the source does not provide.

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