Méry-es-Bois is famous for its cask timber and for its old abbey. This 600 inhabitants village can boast about a lake in which Julius Cesar’s army’s treasure was supposed to have been drowned. Every year out of 2, the village authorities organize the « wood fair », a festive craft fair which sheds light on the wood trade. On the schedule there are wood-cutting competitions, cooperage, clog-making, charcoal-making, wood-carving…
