Aude
Also known as Cathar Country
Aude ( ; ; ) is a department in southern France, located in Occitania and named after the river Aude. The departmental council also calls it "Cathar Country" (French: Pays cathare) after a group of religious dissidents active in the 12th to 14th centuries.
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Aude is a department (administrative region) in southern France named after the Aude river, located in the Occitania area. It's sometimes called "Cathar Country" because of the medieval religious group called the Cathars who were active there from the 12th to 14th centuries.
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Key facts
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- From top down, left to right: Carcassonne, prefecture traversed by the Aude River, Mediterranean coast near Narbonne, Caudeval and Peyriac-de-Mer
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- Location of Aude in France
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Article
47 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Location
- Natural regions
- Landscapes
- Geology
- Climate
- Hydrography
- Principal towns
- History
- Prehistory
- Roman Era
- Barbarian invasions
- Middle Ages
- Catharism in Aude
- The Protestant crisis and economic expansion of the department
- The creation of the department
- The 20th century
- Heraldry
- Economy
- Overview
- Agriculture and fisheries
- Viticulture
- Industry and energy
- Crafts
- Demography
- Transport
- Politics
- National Assembly Representatives (before 2022)
- Education
- Culture
- Festivals and traditions
- Sport
- Gastronomy
- Occitan
- Tourism
- Overview of tourist areas
- Architectural heritage
- Caving
- Secondary housing
- Arts
- Cinema
- Painters
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Aude ( ; ; ) is a department in southern France, located in Occitania and named after the river Aude. The departmental council also calls it "Cathar Country" (French: Pays cathare) after a group of religious dissidents active in the 12th to 14th centuries.
Its prefecture is Carcassonne and its subprefectures are Limoux and Narbonne. As of 2023, it had a population of 379,648. Aude is a frequent feminine French given name in Francophone countries, deriving initially from Aude or Oda, a wife of Bertrand, Duke of Aquitaine, and mother of Eudo, brother of Saint Hubertus. Aude was the name of Roland's fiancée in the chansons de geste.
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