Welcome to catus

 This circuit will make you discover particularly remarkable buildings. The church of Lherm and its retable majestic; the church of Saint-Médard and its very rare confessional of the 17th century; the church of Catus and its massive architecture.

The Saint-Firmain church of Francoulès, located below the village, shelters one of rare “the setting to the tomb” carved; that of the hamlet of Saint-Pierre-Liversou, tapie at the bottom of a small valley, has an apse entirely covered with murals of the 15 and 16th centuries.

In the west of the canton, this course will lead you on the commune of Junies to discover the church of the Mass and its murals of the 17th century representing 7 the fished capital ones as well as the church Saint-Pierre-be-Bonds which imposes its massive silhouette and presents a remarkably preserved architecture

Located on the heights of the valley of the Lot, the careers of the village of Crayssac contain the paleontological site, gone back to 140 million years, of “the beach in Ptérosaures”. Cousin of the dinosaurs, the ptérosaure is an flying reptile whose size varies between that of a sparrow for smallest to that of a private plane for largest.

Special site in the world from the expansion and the diversity of the prints, it with fell the night that this site will reveal you its treasures. In the light of a shaving lighting, the traces of ptérosaures, the tortoises and others crocodiliens as those of the drops of rain will seem to you by magic.

The base of leisures of the Green lake with supervised swimming, plays for children, canoes and pedal boats will be an oasis of relaxation for all the family. Fishing is authorized there.

Place chief of Canton, Catus is the seat of the Community of communes of Catus made up of 17 communes where reside more than 5.000 inhabitants.

This young village of almost 1.000 years knew to preserve its authenticity and remains charming quoted where it made good things in life there and to work. Past of this village full with richnesses and testimonys, with the image of the force and the solidity of its stones which characterize it, form the base of a durable future.

Catus also knew to develop a strong economic activity by accomodating SME (BSO, Prévost Environnement…) and while misant on the zone of Matalines around the SYDED, sits departmental of the treatment of household waste, while maintaining a policy tourist ambitious around the Green Lake, true platform of reception and leisures.

You can also appreciate the diversity of the trade of this village, itq craftsmen and itq liberal professions (medical house, pharmacy, notary…) who contribute together to the animation of the sector in reinforcement of many associations which, in addition, ensure us a life full with activities, occupations and loves of life.

The etymological origin of Boissières is country of the boxwood. This tree is still present on the calcareous ground of the village. The basement, as for him, abounds in clay which you find accumulated in the form of pockets. Clay is the raw material for all the products known as “ceramic”: potteries, bricks, tiles…

Also, Boissières had productive activities in this field. Besides the village had the principal briquettery of Bouriane. A small artisanal workshop which you know practically nothing, it became during the 19th century a true factory. The chimney of this briquettery is one of the most beautiful of France with a very neat architectural decoration.

Calamane like the name of Calamane indicate it (cal, hard - basket (manus) - hand), today, they make meet these infinite spaces of centuries and the efforts so that remain their green meadows color of the hope and always sing pastoral their lights brooks. Located at 8 kms of Cahors, the pleasant one and green village of Calamane is at the borders of a valley with a brook and a castle (13th century). You will be struck by the aspect “small Venice” which the village offers: the brook is distributed to it indeed by the means of several channels ordered by various valves.

Dynamic town in full demographic expansion, the current fame of the commune of Crayssac comes from its basement which contains two kinds of richnesses. The first is a very hard calcareous stone, the excellent quality, which was exploited as of Antiquity.

Currently, Crayssac shelters 14 careers in activity. The second richness, more surprising, consists of fossilized vestiges which you find in its stones.