This is the list of châteaux, which are located in
Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc-Roussillon (; oc, Lengadòc-Rosselhon ; ca, Llenguadoc-Rosselló) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, it joined with the region of Midi-Pyrénées to become Occitania. It comprised five departments, and ...
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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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Château d'Aguilar
The Château d'Aguilar (Languedocien: ''Castèl d’Aguilar'') is a 12th-century castle, one of the so-called Cathar castles, located in the ''commune'' of Tuchan in the Aude ''département'' of France.
Architecture
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Tuchan
Tuchan (; oc, Tuissan) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
Population
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* Fitou AOC
Fitou ( oc, Fiton) is a large French wine appellation in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The dominant vine variety is Carigna ...
Albières
Albières (; oc, Albièras) is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Albiérois'' or ''Albiéroises''
Geography
''Albières'' is a remote commune high in the ...
Rennes-les-Bains
Rennes-les-Bains (; oc, Los Banhs de Rènnas) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
Bathers have enjoyed the natural hot spring waters for thousands of years - they are still used today as a cure for rheumatism and certain ...
Bouisse
Bouisse (; oc, Boissa) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Aude department
The following is a list of the 433 communes of the Aude department of France.
The communes cooperate i ...
Bugarach
Bugarach (; oc, Bugarag) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France, around 35 km south of Carcassonne. The economy is based on agriculture and tourism, attracting many New Age adherents.
Geography
Bugarach is at the foot of P ...
Camps-sur-l'Agly
Camps-sur-l'Agly (Languedocien: ''Camps d’Aglin'') is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
Population
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* Pic de Bugarach
The Pic de Bugarach () or Pech de Bugarach () (''puèg de Bugarag'' in Occitan, i.e. "Peak ...
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Cité de Carcassonne
The Cité de Carcassonne ( ) is a medieval citadel located in the French city of Carcassonne, in the Aude department, Occitanie region. It is situated on a hill on the right bank of the River Aude, in the southeast part of the city proper. The c ...
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Carcassonne
Carcassonne (, also , , ; ; la, Carcaso) is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, in the region of Occitanie. It is the prefecture of the department.
Inhabited since the Neolithic, Carcassonne is located in the plain of the ...
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Château de Castel d'Ase
A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.
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Soulatgé
Soulatgé (; oc, Solatge) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France
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Château de Coustaussa
A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.
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Coustaussa
Coustaussa (; oc, Costauçan) is a commune in the Aude department in Occitanie region in southern France. Its inhabitants are called Coustaussans.
Geography
The village is situated in the high valley of the Aude, on the river Sals between ...
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Château de Cucugnan
A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.
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Cucugnan
Cucugnan (; oc, Cucunhan) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France, approximately north-west of Perpignan. The small village lies in a valley in the Corbières Massif, overlooked by the ruined Château de Quéribus, which stands a ...
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Château de Domneuve
A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.
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Tuchan
Tuchan (; oc, Tuissan) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
Population
See also
* Fitou AOC
Fitou ( oc, Fiton) is a large French wine appellation in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The dominant vine variety is Carigna ...
Durban-Corbières
Durban-Corbières (; oc, Durban de las Corbièras) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
Population
Sights
* Jardin botanique Méditerrannéen
See also
* Château de Durban
* Corbières AOC
* Communes of the Aude depar ...
Tour Barberousse
The Tour Barberousse (in English, ''Redbeard Tower'') is in the coastal village of Gruissan in the Aude département of France.
The tower is all that remains of a castle built at the end of the 10th century to observe the approaches to the harbo ...
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Gruissan
Gruissan (; oc, Grussan) is a commune
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Châteaux de Lastours
The Châteaux de Lastours (in Occitan ''Lastors'') are four so-called Cathar castles in the French ''commune'' of Lastours in the ''département'' of l'Aude. The four castles are on a rocky spur above the village of Lastours, isolated by the ...
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Lastours
Lastours ( oc, Las Tors) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
Lastours is located outside Carcassonne, in the valley of the Orbiel. There are four small castles each built on a large 300 m high rocky ridge. The castles we ...
(4 châteaux : Cabaret, Quertinheux, Surdespine and Tour Régine)
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Château de Montferrand
A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.
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Trausse
Trausse is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
Population
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*Communes of the Aude department
The following is a list of the 433 communes of the Aude department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following ...
Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse
Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse (; Languedocien dialect, Languedocien: ''Dulhac jos Pèirapertusa'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Aude Departments of France, department in southern France.
Population
See also
* Corbières AOC
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Château de Puilaurens
The Château de Puilaurens (Puilaurens Castle, also ''Puylaurens''; in Occitan: ''lo Castèl de Puèg-Laurenç'') is one of the so-called Cathar castles in the ''commune'' of Lapradelle-Puilaurens in the Aude ''département''. The castle is loca ...
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Lapradelle-Puilaurens
Puilaurens (, also non-officially: ''Lapradelle-Puilaurens''; oc, La Pradèla de Puèglhaurenç) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
It includes the hamlets of Lapradelle, Puilaurens and Lavignac. It is known for the medieva ...
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Château de Puivert
The Château de Puivert (Languedocien: ''Castèl de Puègverd'') is a so-called Cathar castle situated in the ''commune'' of Puivert, in the Aude ''département'' of France. The castle has been classified as a ''monument historique'' by the Frenc ...
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Puivert
Puivert (; Languedocien: ''Puègverd'') is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
History
In the 12th century a castle (Château de Puivert) stood on this site which had strong links to both Cathars and t ...
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Château de Quéribus
The Château de Quéribus (in Occitan Castèl de Queribús) is a ruined castle in the ''commune'' of Cucugnan in the Aude ''département'' of France. It has been listed as a '' monument historique'' by the French Ministry of Culture since 1907. ...
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Cucugnan
Cucugnan (; oc, Cucunhan) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France, approximately north-west of Perpignan. The small village lies in a valley in the Corbières Massif, overlooked by the ruined Château de Quéribus, which stands a ...
Quillan
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.Château de Saissac, in
Saissac
Saissac () is a Communes of France, commune in the Aude Departments of France, department in southern France.
Geography
The village is perched in the foothills of the Montagne Noire (Black Mountain) at an altitude of 467 m and has views of ...
Château de Termes
The Château de Termes (Languedocien: ''Castèl de Tèrme'') is a ruined castle near the village of Termes in the Aude ''département'' of France. It is one of the so-called Cathar castles.
History
Built on a promontory, defended on three ...
Fabrezan
Fabrezan (; Languedocien: ''Fabresan'') is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
Geography
The village lies on the left bank of the Orbieu, at the confluent with the Nielle.
Fabrezan is at the foot of the Montagne d' Alaric and is ...
Villerouge-Termenès
Villerouge-Termenès (; Languedocien: ''Vilaroja de Termenés'') is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
Population
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* Corbières Massif
* Corbières AOC
* Communes of the Aude department
The following is a list of th ...
Gard
Gard () is a department in Southern France, located in the region of Occitanie. It had a population of 748,437 as of 2019;Ramparts of Aigues-Mortes
The ramparts of Aigues-Mortes are the 13th century fortifications of the town Aigues-Mortes, in Gard, France. It is a listed historical monument
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Aigues-Mortes
Aigues-Mortes (; oc, Aigas Mòrtas) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitania region of southern France. The medieval city walls surrounding the city are well preserved. Situated on the junction of the Canal du Rhône à Sète a ...
Vestric-et-Candiac
Vestric-et-Candiac (; oc, Vestric e Candiac) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Geography Climate
Vestric-et-Candiac has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification ''Csa''). The average annual temp ...
Montdardier
Montdardier (; oc, Montdardièr) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Geography Climate
Montdardier has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification ''Csb'') closely bordering on a hot-summer Mediterran ...
Fort Saint-André
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Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (; Provençal: ''Vilanòva d’Avinhon'') is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It can also be spelled ''Villeneuve-lez-Avignon''.
History
In the 6th century the Benedictine abbey of St André was founde ...
Saint-Jean-du-Gard
Saint-Jean-du-Gard ( oc, Sant Joan de Gardonenca) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
History
This city of the Cévennes, first mentioned in a 12th-century papal bull (''San Johannis de Gardonnenca cum villa''), was very much ...
Saint-Laurent-le-Minier
Saint-Laurent-le-Minier (; oc, Sent Laurenç del Minièr) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitanie region in southern France. It's the southern village of the Cévennes mountains, cross by the Vis river.
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Château d'Uzès
A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.
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Uzès
Uzès (; ) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. In 2017, it had a population of 8,454. Uzès lies about north-northeast of Nîmes, west of Avignon and south-east of Alès.
History
Originally ''Ucetia ...
Hérault
Hérault (; oc, Erau, ) is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France. Named after the Hérault River, its prefecture is Montpellier. It had a population of 1,175,623 in 2019.Château d'Aumelas, in
Aumelas
Aumelas (; Languedocien: ''Aumelaç'') is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.
Population
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*Communes of the Hérault department
The following is a list of the 342 communes of the Hérault department of France.
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Château de Castries
The Château de Castries is a château in Castries, Hérault, France.
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Castries
Castries is the capital and largest city of Saint Lucia, an island country in the Caribbean. The urban area has a population of approximately 20,000, while the eponymous district has a population of 70,000, as at May 2013. The city stretches o ...
Dio-et-Valquières
Dio-et-Valquières (; Languedocien: ''Dian e Valquièiras'') is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.
Population
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*Communes of the Hérault department
The following is a list of the 342 communes of the Hérault ...
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert ( or ; oc, Sant Guilhèm dau Desèrt) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Situated where the Gellone river's narrow valley meets the steep-sided gorge of the river Hérault ...
Clermont-l'Hérault
Clermont-l'Hérault (; oc, Clarmont d'Erau) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.
Geography
Chief town of the Canton, Clermont-l'Hérault is located about 40 km west of Montpellier, halfway between the Mediterrane ...
Montagnac Montagnac or Montanhac may refer to the following places in France:
* Montagnac, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, a former commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence ''département'' that is now a part of Montagnac-Montpezat
*Montagnac, Gard, in the Gard ''dé ...
Marsillargues
Marsillargues (; Provençal: ''Marsilhargues'') is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.
Its inhabitants are called ''Marsillarguois''.
Geography
The city is situated on the Vidourle river, at mid distance of Montpellier an ...
Château de la Mogère
The Château de la Mogère is a mansion near the city of Montpellier in the French region of Occitanie. It is one of many ''folies'' (country houses) on the outskirts of Montpellier, built by wealthy merchants in the 18th century.
In 1706, th ...
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Montpellier
Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...
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Château de Montferrand
A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.
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Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers
Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers (; oc, Sant Matieu de Trevièrs) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Population
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*Communes of the Hérault department
The following is a list of the 342 Comm ...
Pézenas
Pézenas (; Languedocien: ''Pesenàs'') is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Name
The name "Pézenas" is derived from the older name ''Piscenae'', probably from the Latin word ''piscenis'', meaning fi ...
Lieuran-lès-Béziers
Lieuran-lès-Béziers (, literally ''Lieuran near Béziers''; oc, Liuran de Besièrs) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Population
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*Communes of the Hérault department
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Château de Saint-Maurice
The Château de Saint-Maurice is built on the remains of an earlier 13th castle in the ''commune'' of Saint-Maurice-Navacelles in the Hérault ''département'' of France.Ministry of CultureChâteau, château fort. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
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Saint-Maurice-Navacelles
Saint-Maurice-Navacelles (; Languedocien: ''Sant Maurise de Navacèlas'') is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Population
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*Communes of the Hérault department
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Château de Flaugergues
The Château de Flaugergues is a country house near Montpellier, Occitanie, southern France. It is one of many ''folies'' erected by wealthy merchants on the outskirts of the city. The house preserves antique furniture and a collection of Flemis ...
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Montpellier
Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...
Lozère
Lozère (; oc, Losera ) is a landlocked department in the region of Occitanie in Southern France, located near the Massif Central, bounded to the northeast by Haute-Loire, to the east by Ardèche, to the south by Gard, to the west by Aveyron, ...
Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales (; ca, Pirineus Orientals ; oc, Pirenèus Orientals ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. ...
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List of castles in France
This is a list of castles in France, arranged by Region and Department.
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# The French word ''château'' has a wider meaning than the English ''castle'': it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vine ...