Natural world · Evidence-led place record

Normandie-Maine UNESCO Global Geopark

FR

Reach the summit of western France at Mont des Avaloirs (416 metres), with panoramic views and walking trails through heathland, rocks and forest.Discover the long-standing pottery tradition of Ger at the Musée de la Céramique, where workshops and trails explore historic clay extraction and ceramic production.Explore the Neolithic site of the Table au Diable, a collective burial monument dating back to around 2500 BCE.

CategoryUNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
LocationFR
DatasetUNESCO Global Geoparks
Listed/year2024
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness95%
SignificanceGLOBAL GEOHERITAGE; 265,000 ha

The oddity, explained

Why is Normandie-Maine UNESCO Global Geopark unusual?

Normandie-Maine UNESCO Global Geopark appears here because the approved source classifies it as natural world. The source describes it as Reach the summit of western France at Mont des Avaloirs (416 metres), with panoramic views and walking trails through heathland, rocks and forest.Discover the long-standing pottery tradition of Ger at the Musée de la Céramique, where workshops and trails explore historic clay extraction and ceramic production.Explore the Neolithic site of the Table au Diable, a collective burial monument dating back to around 2500 BCE. 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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