Vignevieille (;

Languedocien Languedocien (French name, ), Languedocian or Lengadocian (), is an Occitan dialect spoken in rural parts of southern France such as Languedoc, Rouergue, Quercy, Agenais and Southern Périgord. It is sometimes also called Languedocien-Guyennai ...

: ''Vinhavièlha'') 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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. Its inhabitants are called ''Vignevieillais''.

Geography

The commune is located in the

Corbières Massif The Corbières Massif (Catalan: ''Corberes''; french: Massif des Corbières, ) is a mountain range in the Pre-Pyrenees. It is the only true foothill of the Pyrenees on their northern side. Geography The Corbières are a mountain region in the ...

. The village lies on the right bank of the

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 Rai ...

, which flows northeast through the commune.

Population

Sights

* Ruins of the

Château de Durfort The Château de Durfort is a ruined castle in the ''commune'' of Vignevieille in the Aude ''département'' of France. It is 27 km east of Limoux and 3 km north of the Château de Termes. It was erected on a rocky piton which overlooks ...

* Fountain built in 1897. The round basin is of pink

marble Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite. Marble is typically not Foliation (geology), foliated (layered), although there are exceptions. In geology, the ...

from the Pic de Berles quarry situated in the communes of Vignevieille and Salza. At the centre is a column with the inscription: ''République Française, 1897, Jouve''. The fountain runs permanently, even in

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Geography

Population

Sights

See also