Exploring "Le parc des 4 vents": A Hidden Gem in Provence

This is a landscaped park of more than 20 hectares located on the site of the old Beugons landfill. It will consist of a meadow, the park house (with caretaker), a pontoon walk, a deck to reach the Bolmon, a belvedere footbridge with a 180° view, musical works animated by the wind (wind turbine style), an austral garden, a moving garden, a large clearing, a playground, an observation point, a vegetable and flower garden, beehives…. And of course the educational farm and its animals. Two entrances on the beach road side and at Jaï are planned.

The Bolmon pond is a brackish water lagoon located southeast of the Berre pond, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It is separated from the Berre pond by the "cordon du Jaï", a narrow strip of land 100 to 300 meters wide, oriented northeast - southwest, 6 kilometers long, and whose altitude never exceeds 2 meters. It is bordered to the east by the city of Marignane, and to the south by the Châteauneuf-les-Martigues plain, from which it is physically separated by the Marseille-Rhône canal, which runs alongside it.

The pond is supplied with fresh water by the Cadière stream, a coastal river whose annual flow is around 30 million cubic meters, an average of slightly less than one cubic meter per second. It communicates with the Berre pond (brackish) by three narrow channels called "bourdigues", and with the canal (also brackish) by a few small openings in the dike that separates them.

It has an area of ​​578 hectares for a water volume of 8.3 million cubic meters. Its maximum depth is 2.6 meters.

Two entrances are planned on the beach road side and at Jaï.

Dog allowed without lace	Yes, ok
Running areas	Yes
Walking track	Yes
Site web	https://www.tourisme-marignane.com/laissez-vous-surprendre/letonnant-etang-de-berre/parc-du-vent/
Bird Oasis/watching cabin	Yes