Carcassonne | |
Panorama of the Cité de Carcassonne | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
Department | Aude |
Arrondissement | Carcassonne |
Canton | Carcassonne-1, 2 and 3 |
Intercommunality | Carcassonne |
Mayor | Gérard Larrat (2014–2020) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 81–250 m (266–820 ft) (avg. 111 m/364 ft) |
Land area1 | 65.08 km2 (25.13 sq mi) |
Population2 | 45,941 (2014) |
- Density | 706/km2 (1,830/sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 11069/ 11000 |
Website | www.carcassonne.org |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Carcassonne (Occitan: Carcassona) is a fortified French town, in the Aude département, Occitanie region. It is separated into the fortified Cité de Carcassonne and the more expansive lower city, the ville basse.
This bastide, which was thoroughly restored from 1853 by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997.
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