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Departure from Place de l'Eglise in the town center of Dompierre-sur-Yon.

The term riot, or riau, common name, designates a stream. It bears as other names: stream of Plessis or stream of Astiers. It has its source at Plessis-Bergeret in the town of La Ferrière and will flow into the Yon at Créancière in Dompierre, after a 9 km course.

The Gilbretière quarry has been exploiting a porphyroid granite deposit since the 1950s. At that time, the quarry represented an area of ​​approximately 1 ha and supplied only local construction sites. It took on an industrial dimension in the 1970s and the mining area extended over 5 ha to supply the Vendée market. Today, the quarry belongs to the company Carrières et Matériaux du Grand Ouest and has an area of ​​more than 30 ha for 15 ha dedicated to extraction. Under the terms of its deposit and its administrative authorization in 2032, the quarry will become a site for the recovery and recycling of materials from the (de)construction of nearby sites.

It was used to transport iron ore by train to Germany. The rails no longer exist. The bridge is isolated in the middle of the river, it can only be accessed when the water level is low.

The exploitation of the quarry, which formerly provided crushed aggregate, is now abandoned.

Place where the lake of Moulin Papon is separated into two parts. In the north, nautical activities are prohibited, except boat fishing.

Built in 1844, in homage to Margueritte de Dompierre, it takes its name from the stream that passes nearby. Located below the Chapel, the fountain is supplied by several sources which spring from the earth under the altar of the chapel and in the immediate surroundings. A legend says that a statue of the virgin found by a seamstress near the source returned 3 times to the place of its discovery ... The source of La Margerie owes its popularity to the healing powers attributed to it.