- In France, you can bivouac everywhere.
- However, the bivouac has only one strict rule: it can only be for one night.
The rule is simple in France. You can bivouac everywhere. However, the bivouac has only one strict rule: it can only be for one night. “It is simply planting a tent to sleep for a single night, unlike wild campsites where there it is actually to move with a motorhome or a vehicle and stay for several days in the same place”
explains the journalist Laurène Barrière on LCI in the video at the top of the article.
You still have to be vigilant before you bivouac: “For example, it is forbidden to sleep on the beach”
continues the journalist. Good to know: the websites of national parks precisely specify these conditions.
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After having bivouacked, it is also recommended to leave the place in the same state. The camp must remain simple. In addition, although it is sometimes allowed to make a fire, it is always a bad idea. The fires lastingly impact natural spaces as well as the flora and fauna they house.
