Ermenonville Forest
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The Ermenonville Forest (French: Forêt d'Ermenonville) is a forest in Oise, France where a Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashed into the forest and in the commune of Fontaine-Chaalis with no survivors among 346 people on board. There is a memorial in the forest to the victims of that flight.
Ermenonville Forest Media
Haute-Chaume road near Carrefour crossroads, showing the area's sandy substrate and typical vegetation; Ermenonville Forest, Oise, France
Ermenonville (France) - Carte de Cassini, vers 1780
Danmartin Grove crossroads, in the middle of the forest
Plot 163 after a clear-cut
Scots pine and ferns are ubiquitous in the central part of the forest (here, the GR 1 near the Sycomore crossroads).
Scots pine high forest at the west edge of the national forest.
The forest has low topographical relief but is dotted with small hills in several areas. Its sandy substrate and its vegetation contribute to a Mediterranean ambience.
In the Bois de Perthe, deciduous trees are much more common than in the main forest unit. Here, an oak forest to the east of the wood, near Montagny-Sainte-Félicité.
The Bois de Perthe has much greater topographical relief than that of the rest of the forest; here, the Regard route between the Perthe post and the Desert.
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