37th Marche de la Soupe aux Choux - Sevelinges 2025

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Event Details

Date & Time: Sunday, November 30, 2025 · dès 7h

Location: Salle des fêtes, Le Bourg, 42460 Cuinzier, France

Programme

Saturday, November 29, 2025
1. Saturday afternoon: volunteers prepare the cabbage soup (potato-peeling duty)
Sunday, November 30, 2025

dès 7h

salle des fêtes

Walks on seven routes (5-29 km, run in reverse this year) and two new mountain-bike routes (29 and 38 km); refreshment points at Bas-Joly and La Gresle; cabbage soup served after the walk (over 400 bowls); brioche sale by the Sou des écoles parents; presentation by the association Coeur2Bouchons.

Walk and mountain-bike routes; 427 participants including 34 mountain bikers.
1. Coffee and biscuits for each walker before departure
2. Walks on seven routes of 5 to 29 km (usual routes in reverse) and two new mountain-bike routes (29 & 38 km)
3. Refreshment stop at Bas-Joly; refreshment stop in the village of La Gresle for walks over 18 km
4. Cabbage soup (Soupe aux Choux) after the walk
5. Brioche sale by the parents of the Sou des écoles
6. The Roanne association Coeur2Bouchons presents its latest solidarity actions
7. dès 7h
  
  Registrations open at the salle des fêtes; first walkers set off on the first routes

About This Event

The 37th Marche de la Soupe aux Choux in Sevelinges (Loire, France), held each year on the last Sunday of November, took place on 30 November 2025. Despite light rain and soaked paths, 427 participants (393 walkers and 34 mountain bikers) set off on nine routes: the seven usual walking routes of 5 to 29 km, run in reverse, and two new mountain-bike routes of 29 and 38 km. Registrations were handled by the comité des fêtes volunteers from the salle des fêtes, and after the effort walkers were served the famous cabbage soup.

The cause

Half of the profits will be given by the comité des fêtes to the Roanne association Coeur2Bouchons.

History

37th edition; the walk takes place every year on the last Sunday of November. 2025 attendance: 427 participants (393 walkers and 34 mountain bikers). Participants came from Roanne, Riorges, Charlieu, Cours (69), Saint-Marcellin en Forez (42) and Valsonne (69).

2025 attendance: 427 participants, including 34 mountain bikers; walkers came from Roanne and Charlieu.

On the menu

Soupe aux Choux

By Volunteers of the comité des fêtes; served by Sylvie et Suzanne

Cabbage soup, served after the walk; more than 400 bowls served; prepared the day before and simmered from Sunday at dawn

Also served

biscuits

Biscuits for each walker before departure
brioches

By Parents du Sou des écoles

Brioches for sale
café

Coffee for each walker before departure

Who's who

Organised by

Comité des fêtes de Sevelinges

Taking part

Sylvie Served more than 400 bowls of soup (with Suzanne)
Suzanne Served more than 400 bowls of soup (with Sylvie)
Sou des écoles Parents sold brioches
Jean Walker from Roanne
Jean-Marc Walker from Roanne/Riorges
Franck Walker from Roanne/Riorges

Also involved

Coeur2Bouchons Roanne association presenting its solidarity actions; will receive half the profits; Volunteers presenting the poster with the comité des fêtes
Bertrand Boiron Photographer
Cyrille Blanchard Photographer
Mariette Jouassin Photographer

Good to know

Registration at the salle des fêtes, from 7 am.
Seven walking routes of 5 to 29 km and two mountain-bike routes (29 and 38 km).
Coffee and biscuits for every walker before departure; refreshment points at Bas-Joly and La Gresle (walks over 18 km).
Dogs took part too.
Half of the profits go to the Roanne association Coeur2Bouchons.
Seven walking routes of 5 to 29 km (the usual routes, run in reverse this year); two new mountain-bike routes of 29 and 38 km; nine routes in all.
Refreshment stop at Bas-Joly; the village of La Gresle hosted a refreshment stop for walks over 18 km.
Many four-legged companions (dogs) also took part.
Raincoats were indispensable for this edition: light rain and soaked paths; hilly, green landscapes.
Damp weather and soaked paths.
Two new mountain-bike circuits this edition.
Two new mountain-bike (VTT) circuits have been created.

Attendance: 427 participants (393 walkers, 34 mountain bikers)

Everything the announcement says

Every detail, as the festival announced it.

In pictures: 427 participants for the 37th edition of the Soupe aux Choux walk (Le Progrès, 30 Nov. 2025).
The Soupe aux Choux walk takes place every year on the last Sunday of November.
The first walkers registered for the first routes from 7 a.m. (dès 7h).
Each walker had the choice of seven routes from 5 to 29 km long.
The comité des fêtes volunteers managed registrations from the salle des fêtes.
Two new routes were offered for mountain bikes (29 & 38 km).
Each walker received coffee and biscuits before departure.
Many four-legged companions also set off.
Jean came from Roanne. This group of walkers came from Roanne, Riorges and Charlieu. Jean-Marc and Franck came from Roanne and Riorges. A family came as neighbours from Cours (69). Hikers from Saint-Marcellin en Forez (42) and Valsonne (69).
Raincoats were indispensable for this edition! Despite the weather, walkers enjoyed hilly, green landscapes.
The team of volunteers at the Bas-Joly refreshment stop. The village of La Gresle also hosted a refreshment stop for walks of more than 18 km.
After the effort, comfort with the famous Soupe aux Choux. Sylvie and Suzanne served more than 400 bowls of soup. Everyone kept smiling despite the weather. The cabbage soup was once again much appreciated.
The parents of the Sou des écoles offered a brioche sale.
The Roanne association Coeur2Bouchons presented its latest solidarity actions. Half of the profits will be given to them by the comité des fêtes.
The day before the walk, the volunteers set to work preparing the cabbage soup. Saturday afternoon was potato-peeling duty! Everyone was busy so that the soup could simmer from Sunday morning at dawn.
Despite light rain and soaked paths, 393 hikers and 34 mountain bikers set off on the nine routes offered. While the walkers discovered the seven usual routes in the reverse direction, the cyclists had two new routes.
Photos: Bertrand Boiron, Cyrille Blanchard, Mariette Jouassin.

Sevelinges: 427 participants for the Soupe aux choux walk (Le Progrès, 30 Nov. 2025).
Photos (Bertrand Boiron): two muddy but happy mountain bikers; a group of walkers from Roanne and Charlieu.
On Sunday 30 November, 427 brave people dared to face the damp and set off on soaked paths. 34 mountain bikers were able to discover... (the rest of the article is for subscribers only).

Sevelinges: two new mountain-bike circuits for the 31st Soupe aux choux walk (Le Progrès, 23 Nov. 2025).
Photo (Bertrand Boiron): the volunteers of the comité des fêtes and of Coeur2Bouchons (bottom left) present the poster of this 31st edition.
The comité des fêtes volunteers have been preparing this 31st edition of the Soupe aux choux walk for several weeks. Two new circuits have been created to welcome the... (the rest of the article is for subscribers only).

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