LES MOULINS

Taking advantage of the force of the wind blowing across Lauragais hillsides or the water flowing through the valleys, several mills have been built in our destination to grind grains from local crops or make textiles.

Today, some mills are still part of our landscape, carefully preserved as witnesses to another era.

Among the mills still standing, you can admire the following from the road:
- Mourvilles-Hautes mill, a windmill and tower with two pairs of millstones, whose roof was restored in 1997. A second, more recent mill in front of the miller's house has a tiled roof.
- Three mills in Le Vaux are located below the castle, a little further south. One of these mills is among the eldest in the area, dating back to the 16th century.
- the windmills of Saint-Félix-Lauragais, located on the aptly-named ‘butte des trois moulins’, visible from the Rue des Nobles, the Moulin du Chapitre at the foot of the Montfort tower and the Moulin de la Croix (on the Route de Toulouse, next to the chemist's shop), which was given a state-of-the-art wooden roof in autumn 2024.
- There are also mills along Sor stream between Revel and Durfort. These are private properties. Moulin du Chapitre and Moulin de l'Abbé offer bed and breakfast accommodation.
- Durfort town council has created a heritage trail upstream from the village, along Sor. It is called ‘lo Camy des martinets’.

Complete your discovery of the mills by reading our dedicated pages on the website. You can also take a look at our brochure of themed tours, which will take you on a tour of the little roads ‘Aux sources du canal du Midi’ in search of our hidden treasures.