Aude

Also known as Cathar Country

departamento de Francia

AI overview

Aude is a department (administrative region) in southern France named after the Aude river, located in the Occitania area. It's sometimes called "Cathar Country" because of the medieval religious group called the Cathars who were active there from the 12th to 14th centuries.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Aude
Settlement.native_name_lang: fr
Settlement.type: Department
Settlement.image_caption: From top down, left to right: Carcassonne, prefecture traversed by the Aude River, Mediterranean coast near Narbonne, Caudeval and Peyriac-de-Mer
Settlement.image_flag: Drapeau non-offiicel fr département Aude.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Blason dpt fr Aude.svg
Settlement.image_map: Aude-Position.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Aude in France
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: France
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Occitanie
Settlement.seat_type: Prefecture
Settlement.seat: Carcassonne
Settlement.parts_type: Subprefectures
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.p1: LimouxNarbonne
Settlement.leader_party: PS

via Wikipedia infobox

Article · Español

Aude (11; AFI: [od]) es un departamento de Francia cuya capital es Carcasona. Forma parte de la región de Occitania. Su gentilicio francés es Audois. De las tres patrias del cassoulet (Carcasona, Castelnaudary y Toulouse) dos se encuentran en Aude (Carcasona y Castelnaudary), siendo el cassoulet uno de los platos más célebres de la gastronomía francesa.

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