Arques, Aude


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Coordinates: 42°57′12″N 2°22′33″E / 42.9533333333, 2.37583333333

Commune of Arques
Arques castle
Location
Arques, Aude (France)
Arques, Aude
Administration
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon
Department Aude
Arrondissement Limoux
Canton Couiza
Intercommunality Pays de Couiza
Mayor Henri Barbaza
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 329–854
(avg. 356)
Land area¹ 18.53 km²
Population²
(1999)		 199
 - Density 10/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 11015/ 11190
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Arques is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

It is situated on the banks of the Rialsès river.[1] The village was the birthplace of Cathar historian Déodat Roché.[1]

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History

The area was owned by the Abbey of Lagrasse in the early 11th century, before coming under the control of the Seigneurs of Termes. The region was given by Simon de Montfort to Pierre de Voisins after the Albigensian Crusade, and his son Gilbert commissioned the building of Arques castle in 1284. The castle (right) consists of a 78 ft. high keep encircled by an outer wall.[1]

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See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Bély, Lucien (2006). Discovering the Cathars. Éditions SudOuest, p.73-4. ISBN 978-2-87-901711-2. 
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