FRA - FRANCE
PUITS D’ENFER
Not to be confused with Les Sables-d’Olonne
Description  
Location La Pironnière
85 - Vendée - Pays de la Loire
Location  
Latitude - Longitude + 46°28'12"     - 1°44'21"
46.47     -1.739167
UTM Coordinates X = 596798.904  -  Y = 5147042.119  -  Zone 30T
Aerial photo / Map (*) Aerial photo / Map (*) OpenStreetMap  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Google Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Bing Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Flash Earth  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Wikimapia  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) GéoPortail
Altitude AMSL 11 m - 36 ft
Inauguration 1951
Closing  
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) English ForumForum --> Europe --> France --> FRA - Puits d’Enfer, Les Sables d’Olonne [ENG]
(2) French www.asavendeeocean.com/puitsdenfer.php
(3) French www.cb500.com/sport/circuit_14.htm
(4) French www.lerepairedesmotards.com/circuits.htm
(5) English www.panoramio.com (...)Photos by Roelard Smit
(6) English www.racingcircuits.netMotor Racing Circuits Database
(7) English https://www.milermeter.com/?r=2140270
(8) English https://www.milermeter.com/?r=2140387

(*) NOTE: a complete and detailed view of the circuit can be found (if available) on Street View by Google Maps and/or Bird's Eye and 3D views by Bing Maps for Enterprise (former Microsoft Virtual Earth): both can be reached using their own link in Aerial photo / Map cell.

(**) For on-line not-English speaking sources, click on each small flag and you open the corresponding Google Translator page with automatic translation.

Circuit du Puits d’Enfer

Short circuit
Description  
Years  
Direction Clockwise   Clockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational  
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit YES
Type Permanent
Inauguration  
Closing  
Last update of this page August 23rd 2008
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 1700  m 5577  ft 1.056  mi   (6)
length 1700  m 5577  ft 1.056  mi   (4)
length 1607  m 5271  ft 0.998  mi Calculated from aerial photo (*) (7)
Width 8  m 26  ft      (4)

Circuit du Puits d’Enfer

Long circuit
Description  
Years  
Direction Clockwise   Clockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational  
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit YES
Type Permanent
Inauguration  
Closing  
Last update of this page August 23rd 2008
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 2200  m 7218  ft 1.367  mi   (2)
length 2641  m 8666  ft 1.641  mi Calculated from aerial photo (*) (8)

Puits d’Enfer (short course)

Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)

See this track layout with Google Earth - milermeter.com
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)


Puits d’Enfer (long course)

Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)

See this track layout with Google Earth - milermeter.com
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)



Updates
Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note
April 21st 2009       Roelard Smit Roelard Smit Update Description with map
August 23rd 2008     Guido de Carli Roelard Smit Roelard Smit Update Description with map
May 9th 2007     Guido de Carli     Update Description
June 1st 2006     Guido de Carli   Andreas W.Vongries New Description
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list
 
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