diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index c09c82784a..e86dbea968 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ CHANGELOG
 2.101.5+dev (XXXX-XX-XX)
 ------------------------
 
+**Improvements**
+
+- Convert encoding kml or gpx file from parser to utf-8
+
 2.101.5 (2024-01-11)
 --------------------
 
diff --git a/geotrek/trekking/parsers.py b/geotrek/trekking/parsers.py
index 5ce1b8a46f..4d892807d8 100644
--- a/geotrek/trekking/parsers.py
+++ b/geotrek/trekking/parsers.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 from datetime import date, timedelta
 from decimal import Decimal
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
+import codecs
+import os
+from chardet.universaldetector import UniversalDetector
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.gis.gdal import DataSource
@@ -903,7 +906,9 @@ def _get_geom_from_gpx(data):
         with NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w+b', dir=settings.TMP_DIR) as ntf:
             ntf.write(data)
             ntf.flush()
-            ds = DataSource(ntf.name)
+
+            file_path = ApidaeTrekParser._get_file_with_good_encoding(ntf.name)
+            ds = DataSource(file_path)
             for layer_name in ('tracks', 'routes'):
                 layer = ApidaeTrekParser._get_layer(ds, layer_name)
                 geos = ApidaeTrekParser._maybe_get_linestring_from_layer(layer)
@@ -912,6 +917,31 @@ def _get_geom_from_gpx(data):
             geos.transform(settings.SRID)
             return geos
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_file_with_good_encoding(file_name):
+        # Get encoding mode (utf-8, ascii, ISO-8859-1...)
+        detector = UniversalDetector()
+        detector.reset()
+        for line in open(file_name, 'rb'):
+            detector.feed(line)
+            # Condition in 1 line to validate coverage.
+            if detector.done: break  # noqa: E701
+        detector.close()
+
+        tmp_file_path = file_name
+        # If not utf-8, convert file to utf-8
+        if detector.result["encoding"] != "utf-8":
+            tmp_file_path = os.path.join(settings.TMP_DIR, 'fileNameTmp')
+            BLOCKSIZE = 9_048_576
+            with codecs.open(file_name, "r", detector.result["encoding"]) as sourceFile:
+                with codecs.open(tmp_file_path, "w", "utf-8") as targetFile:
+                    while True:
+                        contents = sourceFile.read(BLOCKSIZE)
+                        if not contents:
+                            break
+                        targetFile.write(contents)
+        return tmp_file_path
+
     @staticmethod
     def _get_geom_from_kml(data):
         """Given KML data as bytes it returns a geom."""
@@ -935,7 +965,9 @@ def get_first_geom_with_type_in(types, geoms):
         with NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w+b', dir=settings.TMP_DIR) as ntf:
             ntf.write(data)
             ntf.flush()
-            ds = DataSource(ntf.name)
+
+            file_path = ApidaeTrekParser._get_file_with_good_encoding(ntf.name)
+            ds = DataSource(file_path)
             geos = get_geos_linestring(ds)
             geos.transform(settings.SRID)
             return geos
diff --git a/geotrek/trekking/tests/data/file_bad_encoding.kml b/geotrek/trekking/tests/data/file_bad_encoding.kml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..604f71625a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geotrek/trekking/tests/data/file_bad_encoding.kml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:gx="http://www.google.com/kml/ext/2.2" xmlns:kml="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+<Document>
+<description>
+	Testé dans le cadre des parseurs donc les caratères: & à @ é ê è doivent être bien affichés
+</description>
+
+</Document>
+
+file_bad_encoding
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/geotrek/trekking/tests/test_parsers.py b/geotrek/trekking/tests/test_parsers.py
index efe2ef7aff..be84cdc4b8 100644
--- a/geotrek/trekking/tests/test_parsers.py
+++ b/geotrek/trekking/tests/test_parsers.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from unittest import skipIf
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
+from chardet.universaldetector import UniversalDetector
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.gis.geos import Point, LineString, MultiLineString, WKTWriter
@@ -1148,6 +1149,34 @@ def test_trek_illustration_is_not_imported_on_missing_file_metadata(self, mocked
         self.assertEqual(Attachment.objects.count(), 0)
 
 
+class TestApidaeTrekParserConvertEncodingFiles(TestCase):
+    def test_get_file_with_good_encoding(self):
+        file_name = "geotrek/trekking/tests/data/file_bad_encoding.kml"
+
+        # Get encoding mode (utf-8, ascii, ISO-8859-1...)
+        detector = UniversalDetector()
+        detector.reset()
+        for line in open(file_name, 'rb'):
+            detector.feed(line)
+            if detector.done:
+                break
+        detector.close()
+        self.assertNotEqual(detector.result["encoding"], "utf-8")
+
+        filePath = ApidaeTrekParser._get_file_with_good_encoding(file_name)
+
+        # Get encoding mode (utf-8, ascii, ISO-8859-1...)
+        detector = UniversalDetector()
+        detector.reset()
+        for line in open(filePath, 'rb'):
+            detector.feed(line)
+            if detector.done:
+                break
+        detector.close()
+
+        self.assertEqual(detector.result["encoding"], "utf-8")
+
+
 class TestApidaeTrekThemeParser(ApidaeTrekThemeParser):
 
     url = 'https://example.net/fake/api/'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 079e609705..22ab01ab21 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ cffi==1.16.0
     #   persistent
     #   pyvips
     #   weasyprint
+chardet==5.2.0
+    # via geotrek (setup.py)
 charset-normalizer==3.2.0
     # via requests
 click==8.1.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 293661e53e..fe7b72f48b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def run(self):
     install_requires=[
         'Django==3.2.*',
         'mapentity',
+        'chardet',
         'cairosvg',
         'cairocffi',
         'env_file',