Cascastel-des-Corbières (; oc, Caçcastèl de las Corbièras) is a commune in the

Aude Aude (; ) is a Departments of France, department in Southern France, located in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region and named after the river Aude (river), Aude. The departmental council also calls it "Ca ...

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in southern

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. Amenities include a post office, a primary school, and a town hall with a municipal government. The locals are known as the Cascastellois. The surrounding area is host to medieval-era citadels that are open to the public. The beaches of Leucate and the

Cathar castles Cathar castles (in French ''Châteaux cathares'') are a group of medieval castles located in the Languedoc region. Some had a Cathar connection in that they offered refuge to dispossessed Cathars in the thirteenth century. Many of these sites were ...

are nearby.

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