Caldégas — stone lanes on the Cerdagne plain

A short walk in Caldégas takes in stone houses and walled courtyards before the lanes give way to the open plain. The hamlet makes a useful starting point for seeing how much of Cerdagne lies between the mountains.

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Stone house with a dark roof and wooden shutters beside a walled gateway.
Stone house and walled gateway in Caldégas. Photograph by Pedraferit, 16 January 2010.Pedraferit / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Caldégas is a hamlet of Bourg-Madame on the Cerdagne plain. France’s national mapping agency records the inhabited locality under its Catalan name, Càldegues. The heritage register dates the surviving fabric of its Saint-Romain church to the eleventh century, with later changes.

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Begin at Saint-Romain. Its medieval fabric has been altered over time, so the church rewards a close look at the junctions in its masonry. The lanes around it offer a different scale of architecture, with houses set behind stone walls and gateways. Beyond the hamlet, the Cami de Caldegues links Caldégas with Hix and Onzès.

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Use the published Cami de Caldegues route to place the hamlet in the wider plain. Ask Bourg-Madame town hall about visiting the church interior. The lanes are residential, so stay on public paths and leave gateways clear.

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