Roadworks in Catus, Jan-June 2024

Catus - plan for roadworks

Major roadworks have started in Catus consisting of three different project phases. Phase 1 and 2 are very close to completion. On completion of all 3 phases by the end June 2024 many of the traffic problems Catus has suffered over the years should have been solved.

Roadworks in front of the Mairie

Route de St Denis

Rue principal

Rue principal

Mi-Carême (mid-Lent) festival in Catus

The Mi-Carême is a tradition that goes back to medieval times and is widely celebrated in many parts of France, with the participants dressed in a variety of festive costumes.

On Saturday the local school organised the Mi-Carême festival in Catus. Residents of the village and surrounding areas were dressed in colourful costumes and paraded around the village accompanied by lively music and dancing to celebrate mid-Lent, the half-way mark of abstinence before Easter.

Parading in colourful costumes and music

Parading down the main boulevard in Catus

Passing the war monument at the end of the boulevard

Hog Roast (Cochon à la Broche)

On Wednesday 21 June the traders of Catus held a Cochon à la Broche in the Place de la Halle as part of the week-long Fête de la Musique. A great time was had by the large crowd that attended.

Refurbishment of Lac Vert, Catus

The refurbishment of the Lake (Lac Vert) on the outskirts of Catus started about a year ago and is expected to be completed by the end of February. The work involved

• draining the lake completely, 
• building a dyke alongside the internal roadway, 
• creating a sluice to control the flow of water into the canal and lake,
• building a new beach area and
• reinforcing the main dam. 

The drained lake bed

View across the drained lake bed before the building of a
dyke on the right

The canal with the completed dyke to the left

Sluice gate across the canal to control water flow into the lake