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elsewhere. “We have summer temperatures of 32°C but there’s always a little fresh mountain breeze so we’re not too hot,” Rémi says. “Au niveau climat, c’est vraiment exceptionnel.” Daily life is also appealing.
Rémi lived for 10 years in Perpignan prior to returning to Les Angles, his native village, five years ago. “When I lived in the city, I picked up the children from school, returned home, there was the usual evening routine and we repeated that all week,” he recounts. Now, after picking up the
the Matemale where you now have 50-odd chalets with lake views, much in demand. Rémi recently sold a 145m2
one for
€600,000. You’re surrounded by mountains for hiking – otherwise the main attraction is the lake. Further north, Formiguères
has a slightly larger year-round population than Les Angles. There has been a lot of building around the old village and the ski resort has been developed a 10-minute drive away. It’s a popular village with buyers and property is a little cheaper. The old Catalan terraced cottages in the hamlets of Fontrabiouse, Espousouille and Rieutort are primarily main residences. Puyvalador by the dam also has a ski resort 10 minutes away in the direction of Rieutort. Old farmsteads – corps
de ferme – with barns and outbuildings for renovation are thin on the ground because many are divided up among family members when owners die. If you do find one that
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kids and his wife from home, he might take them for a lakeside picnic or a half-hour walk in the mountains to look for a handful of mushrooms. “We have a way of life which is healthier, more open, less stressful compared to the town.” No traffic jams, no traffic lights, no roundabouts and always the mountains. Yes, for six weeks or so in
winter and summer the resort is busy and buzzing, but the rest of the year… ■
From top: Les Angles village and ski resort; La Llagonne in March
has been kept intact, they are costly to renovate. “It’s an investment that will exceed €800,000,” says Rémi.
NO TRAFFIC JAMS Font-Romeu to the southwest is the largest nearby town for shopping and services. You’ll drive through the old village of La Llagonne (more main homes than holiday ones) to get there. There’s a small family ski station and the Mont-Louis
La Quillane airfield, where you can learn to fly gliders and make your baptême de l’air. A three-bedroom village house is on the market here for €145,000 (Christophe Dez, EXP France). The village lies on the plateau that divides the Cerdagne from the Capcir, and is not far from the Capcir Nordic ski resort of the Domaine du Col de la Llose. One of the main advantages
of Capcir living is the climate – there are no heatwaves like
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€110,000, Les Angles: This furnished studio has wonderful lake and mountain views, and is close to ski runs; it also has a cellar and parking (Peyrot Immobilier)
€260,000, Fontrabiouse: A three-bedroom village house with ground-floor cellar, living area and bedrooms on floors above, garden and free parking at 20m(Peyrot Immobilier)
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€400,000, Les Angles: For sale furnished, a two-bedroom chalet with enclosed store room below, mezzanine and terrace with fantastic lake and mountain views (Peyrot Immobilier)
€266,000, Puyvalador: This modern three-bedroom terraced house has a wood-burning stove, mountain views from the terrace, small garden and two parking spaces (Peyrot Immobilier)
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