Cucugnan
Sign in to saveCucugnan (; ) 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 at the top of a hill to the south of Cucugnan.
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Cucugnan
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Cucugnan - Aude - France 01.jpg
- French commune.caption
- A general view of Cucugnan
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason alias ville fr Cucugnan (Aude).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Narbonne
- French commune.canton
- Les Corbières
- French commune.INSEE
- 11113
- French commune.postal code
- 11350
- French commune.mayor
- André Doumenc
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.elevation m
- 360
- French commune.elevation min m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Cucugnan
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Narbonne
- Population
- +125
- Area
- +15.33
- Elevation
- +414
- Shares border with
- Tautavel
- Official website
- www.cucugnan.fr
- Image
- Cucugnan - Aude - France 01.jpg
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Cucugnan (; ) 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 at the top of a hill to the south of Cucugnan.
==History== The first documented mention of a settlement called Cucuniano is a record of a gift of land from Roger I, Count of Carcassonne to the Abbey of Lagrasse in the year 951. In the 13th century, during the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars, the Lord of Cucugnan participated in the Cathar resistance before he was forced to submit to King Louis IX. In 1495, Cucugnan was destroyed by the Spanish invaders and a new village grew up around the ruined medieval village.