It’s extremely popular all over the place in France. But not on this little village within the Aude Pyrenees, the place the climate is nice and even a little bit cool!!!
At the top of June 2025, temperatures are breaking data throughout France. It is over 40°C within the shade within the southwest. Eighty-four departments are on orange alert for heatwave. Life is tough for people, animals, and crops. Except in a small village that isn’t in Brittany, however within the division of Aude: Comus!
“A chilly spell”
In Comus, on Sunday, June 29, within the morning, it was 8.1% round 7 a.m., in response to the native every day newspaper L’Indépendant.
And the day earlier than, on Saturday, June 28, the thermometer learn a mere 4.6°C. Enough to placed on a down jacket.
“It’s true, it’s good right here,” says Madame Pélofi, who’s fortunate sufficient to be one of many village’s 33 inhabitants. “We don’t know what a heatwave is, or if we did, it was a very long time in the past.”
Comus is positioned at an altitude of 1,240 meters, within the Pays de Sault, on the banks of the Hers-Vif, on the entrance to the Frau Gorges. It borders the division of Ariège. This geographical location protects the village from main climatic variations and, particularly, from main warmth waves. This is what specialists name a “chilly entice.” A type of despair through which chilly air accumulates at evening. The air warms up extra slowly than elsewhere.
Slightly paradise
“There aren’t many people in Comus, however we’re glad right here,” provides Ms. Pélofi. “It’s a mountain village. For buying, we go to Belcaire, 9 km away. There are a whole lot of second properties right here.”
It should be mentioned that the Pays de Sault is especially well-liked with vacationers, with its magnificent mountains, forests, and quite a few rivers. The municipality has two Natura 2000 websites, a protected space, and 6 pure areas of ecological, faunistic, and floristic curiosity.
In quick, it’s a little bit bit like paradise on earth.
