It is difficult to date precisely the origins of the old mill, which is located below Carra, in Ville-la-Grand. It was recorded in 1637 and, in the nineteenth century, counted as one of the 13 Foron mills and among the 200 hydraulic establishments in the Geneva basin. At that time nearly 100,000 water mills provided plenty of energy that was both abundant and indefinitely renewable, along the rivers in France. Mills played an important role economically and socially. They produced basic products mechanically: ground the flour for bread, extracted oil, pressed cloth, beat iron, ground gunpowder, and chopped pulp for paper making.
Today, the Moulin de Carra, openned to the public since 2017, is a place for promoting cultural and natural heritage, environmental education and popular education, knowledge sharing, sustainable development. In this green setting on the edge of the Annemasse agglomeration and on the border with Geneva, all audiences are invited to visit this place of breathing. For children who wish to experience nature activities, the "école buissonnière"at the Moulin de Carra is a space for experimentation and wonderment linked to nature.
- Interpretation Centre
Moulin de Carra
About
Prices
Free access.
Reception
Booking is necessary for groups and school parties.
Opening
From 01/03 to 01/12, every Wednesday and Saturday between 2 pm and 6 pm.
Closed exceptionally on bank holidays.
(Wednesday and Saturday).
Services
- Educational visits
- Room hire
- Themed tour
- Permanent entertainments organiser
- Tourist brochures
- Tour free of charge
- Leisure Center
- Meeting room
- Free car park
- Car park
- Defibrillator
- Sustainable development
- Waste management
- Picnic area
- Exhibition space
- Entertainments room
- Handicrafts workshops
- Temporary exhibition
- Entertainment evenings
- Activity
- Children's entertainment
- Concert
Contacts
Access
Parking is available in the rue du Vieux Moulin. Access on foot via a track, 250m after the barrier.
For disabled access to the Mill, phone +33 (0)7 84 54 27 76
From France: Bus 4, Ville-la-Grand / Eglise
From Switzerland: Bus C, Présinge / Grand-Cara
Train: 1.5 miles by bike or on foot from Annemasse station
- Mental disability
- Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs
- Absence of protrusions > 2 cm
- Doors >=77 cm wide
Motor Disability
Mental Disability
Information update on 17/05/2024 by Office de Tourisme des Monts du Genevois