Lézignan-Corbières (; ) is a

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in the

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in the

Occitanie Occitanie may refer to: *Occitania, a region in southern France called ''Occitanie'' in French *Occitania (administrative region) Occitania ( ; french: Occitanie ; oc, Occitània ; ca, Occitània ) is the southernmost administrative region of ...

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in southern

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. Situated in the Corbières wine region not far from

Narbonne Narbonne (, also , ; oc, Narbona ; la, Narbo ; Late Latin:) is a commune in France, commune in Southern France in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region. It lies from Paris in the Aude Departments of Franc ...

, it has a Vine and Wine Museum (''Musée de la Vigne et du Vin'').

Geography

The river

Orbieu The Orbieu (; oc, Orbiu) is an long river in the Aude ''département'', in south central France. Its source is at Fourtou, in the Corbières Massif. It flows generally northeast. It is a right tributary of the Aude into which it flows between ...

flows northeast through the southeastern part of the commune and forms part of its eastern border.

Lézignan-Corbières station Lézignan-Corbières is a railway station in Lézignan-Corbières, Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie, southern France. Within TER Occitanie, it is part of lines 10 (Toulouse–Narbonne) and 25 (Toulouse–Portbou).Football Club de Lézignan (also known as Lézignan Sangliers - the Wild Boars) are a semi-professional

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club based in Lézignan-Corbières. They became French Champions for the first time in 30 years at the end of the 2007-2008 national competition.

Lezignan 9s Lezignan 9s is a rugby league nines tournament held in Lézignan-Corbières, France. It was last held on the 15 and 16 September 2007. The organisation committee is considering moving the date of the event to late October, when British National Lea ...

is a

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Education

Schools include:Écoles-Collèges-Lycées-C.F.A.
" Lézignan-Corbières. Retrieved on September 16, 2017. Public preschools (école maternelle): * Ecole Maternelle Alphonse Daudet * Ecole Escouto Can Plaou * Ecole Maternelle Françoise Dolto Public primary schools (école primaire): * Ecole Frédéric Mistral (from CP to CE1) * Ecole Marie-Curie (from CE2 to CM2) Public junior high schools (collège): * Collège

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* Collège

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There is one public senior high school/sixth form college,

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. Private schools: *

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(collège-lycée) * Ecole Privée Sainte Thérèse (maternelle-primaire)

Geography

Education

See also