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Quillan
Sign in to saveQuillan (; Languedocien: Quilhan) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Brenac was merged into Quillan.
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Place details
- Locality
- Quillan
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 3,893
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Quillan
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Quillan (Aude).svg
- French commune.image
- Quillanplace.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Place de la République
- French commune.arrondissement
- Limoux
- French commune.canton
- La Haute-Vallée de l'Aude
- French commune.INSEE
- 11304
- French commune.postal code
- 11500
- French commune.mayor
- Pierre Castel
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.elevation m
- 291
- French commune.elevation min m
- 261
- French commune.elevation max m
- 1122
- French commune.area km2
- 34.63
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Quillan
- Demonym
- quillanais
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Limoux
- Population
- 3066
- Area
- 34.63
- Body of water
- Aude
- Capital of
- Canton of La Haute-Vallée de l'Aude
- Shares border with
- Puivert
- Legal form
- commune nouvelle
- Image
- Quillanplace.jpg
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- inception
- 2016-01-01
- replaces
- Brenac
- Commons category
- Quillan
- postal code
- 11500
- associated electoral district
- Canton of La Haute-Vallée de l'Aude
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Quillan (; Languedocien: Quilhan) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Brenac was merged into Quillan.
==Geography== Quillan is located at the foothills of the Pyrenees, on the road between Carcassonne and Perpignan. The River Aude runs through the town. At the base of the mountains, fields of sunflowers and vineyards straddle the roads with snow-capped peaks in the distance.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Quillan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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