• Pop. 1200 inhabitants

Situated in the region of Midi-Pyrénées, in the north of the department of Aveyron, St Côme, a medieval village is designated as one of the most beautiful villages in France.

Eight other villages are classified in this category in our department.

-BELCASTEL
-BROUSSE LE CHATEAU
-ESTAING
-LA COUVERTOIRADE
-NAJAC
-ST-EULALIE D'OLT
-SAUVETERRE DU ROUERGUE -CONQUES

At the foothills of Aubrac and not far from Les Grands Causses ( a limestone plateau), our village represents an estimated and famous stopping-place on the way to St Jacques de Compostelle.

As a gem delicately placed in a jewelery-box, St Côme is a medieval village in a verdant and fertile valley where meanders the river Lot which gave it a part of its name (in the local dialect "Lot" means "Olt").

Three fortified doors give access to the heart of the village, which is symbolised by the gothic church, built between 1522 and 1532, whose bell-tower represents an oddness because of its flame-shape. This church has also two wonderful oaken doors classified as historical monuments.

Beyond the old ditches, the sightseeing of the squares, the chapel, the fountains and of the narrow streets, will be revealed as both an architectural and cultural amazing discovery for the visitor.

Situated in a district called La Bouïsse, the Chapelle des Pénitents ( the penitents' chapel) was the first church of our borough, in the times of the crusades. A bit farther, l'Ouradou, a small edifice recalls the fact that, in 1586, St Côme had known the plague that claimed 1500 victims.

The Tour du Greffe (a greffe is the clerk of the court), the manor of the Sires of Calmont (the present town hall) the house of Armagnac represent the numerous marvels the visitor can discover in our town.