Oreilla

Today I went on a four hour walk with friends on a circuit that went up one side of the Evol valley from Olette and returned via the isolated village of Oreilla on the other side. Oreilla is the commune of France which suffered the highest ratio of losses during the First World War. 20 men were drafted of whom 18 were killed in action, representing 13% of the whole population of the village (the national average was 3.53%). The weather was sunny and warm up to 19 degrees.