Lézignan-Corbières (; ) is a commune in the

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department in the Occitanie

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in southern

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. Situated in the Corbières wine region not far from

Narbonne Narbonne ( , , ; ; ; Late Latin:) is a commune in Southern France in the Occitanie region. It lies from Paris in the Aude department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It is located about from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and was ...

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

Geography

The river

Orbieu The Orbieu (; ) 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 Raissac-d' ...

flows northeast through the southeastern part of the commune and forms part of its eastern border. Lézignan-Corbières station has rail connections to Toulouse, Carcassonne and Narbonne.

Population

Sport

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 is a

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tournament. A FlyZone Indoor Skydiving Windtunnel has opened in November 2011 http://www.flyzone.fr/

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 Joseph Anglade * Collège

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There is one public senior high school/sixth form college, Lycée Ernest Ferroul. Private schools: * L'Institut l'Amandier (collège-lycée) * Ecole Privée Sainte Thérèse (maternelle-primaire)

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