The fortified village of Camon is the only village in the Ariège to have been awarded the "Most Beautiful Village in France" label. This short walk will take you on a tour of its rich cultural and architectural heritage, with plenty to keep your head and legs busy!

The Benedictine abbey of Camon existed in 923, before becoming a priory dependent on the abbey of Lagrasse, in the Aude region, in the 11th century. It was destroyed at the same time as Mirepoix by the famous flood of 1289, and rebuilt before 1316. Camon was fortunate to have Philippe de Lévis (son of the lord of Mirepoix) as prior from 1502, who had the priory rebuilt and obtained the transfer of the relics of Saint-Félicien from the Pope. The priory remained in the hands of the Lévis family until the French Revolution.