Le lac du Bouchet est un lac circulaire d'origine volcanique situé dans le département de la Haute-Loire en Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, sur les communes de Cayres et du Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas. Il se situe plus précisément dans le massif du Devès (1 421 m) entre la Loire et l'Allier, à 20 km au sud du Puy-en-Velay.
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Bouchet lake is located in Haute-Loire, France, near Le Puy-en-Velay, in the Devès Massif. It is about 1.6 km north of the village of Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas. It is situated within the territories of the communes of Cayres and Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas.
Bouchet is a crater lake formed from an old volcano, and thus roughly circular. It is a little more than half a mile from rim to rim and surrounded by woodlands. It is at an altitude of 1,208 m.
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Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.
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Cayres is a commune in the Haute-Loire department and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeast central France.
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The Devès Massif is a vast basalt plateau in the Velay mountains of the Massif Central, located in Haute-Loire, forming a natural region of France. It reaches its highest point at Mont Devès at an altitude of 1,421 meters.
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Mont Devès is a volcanic peak reaching an altitude of 1,421 meters in the French department of Haute-Loire. It is the highest point of the Devès Massif in the Massif Central.
Le lac du Bouchet est un site classé depuis le 21 septembre 1950. Depuis 1863, le lac est la propriété du département de la Haute-Loire, gérée avec le concours de l'Office national des forêts.
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