Travel Guide Lens-Lestang

This commune of the Communauté de communes Porte DrômArdèche, which has experienced a strong demographic boom in recent years, has 850 inhabitants. You can stop over to discover three heritage sites:The Saint-Jean-Baptiste church, built between 1892 and 1907, is an imposing building whose bell tower, surmounted by a cross, rises to 48 m and houses three bells, remarkably well tuned, including the famous "Jean-Baptiste" drone which weighs over 1,500 kg.The Romanesque Chapel of Chatenay erected after a vow during the Crusades. Nowadays it has been restored and is the subject of a pilgrimage every 15 August.The Lens-Lestang Mill, several hundred years old, was accredited in the 18th century. This one, electrified in 1920, was a flour mill with a beautiful paddle wheel. It has been renovated and put back in working order by the association Les Amis du Moulin, which offers a guided tour lasting one hour and reveals on four floors the process of transforming wheat into flour. Two annual events attract a large audience to the Moulin: the Journées françaises des Moulins in May and the journées du Patrimoine in September. On this occasion, the mill hosts a small farmers' market offering nuts, pognes and other local products.You can stay in three places: Le Château de la Saône (Gîte et Chambres d'hôtes), La P'tite Maison des Collines (Gîte), Le Régrimet (Chambres d'hôtes).