Cailhau
Cailhau Calhau |
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Aude | |
Arrondissement | Limoux | |
Canton | La Piège au Razès | |
Community association | Limouxin | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 9 ' N , 2 ° 8' E | |
height | 195-346 m | |
surface | 9.76 km 2 | |
Residents | 266 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 27 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 11240 | |
INSEE code | 11058 | |
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Cailhau ( Occitan : Calhau ) is a southern French municipality with 266 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the center of the Aude department in the Occitania region (before 2016 Languedoc-Roussillon ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Limoux (until 2017 Limoux ) and the canton La Piège au Razès (until 2015 Alaigne ). The inhabitants are called Cailhautais .
location
Cailhau is located on the southeastern edge of the Lauragais in the former county of Razès about 26 kilometers west-southwest of Carcassonne . Cailhau is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Cailhavel in the north, Montréal in the north and northeast, Brugairolles in the east and southeast, Cambieure in the south, Belvèze-du-Razès in the southwest, Gramazie in the west and Ferran in the west and northwest.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 265 | 282 | 261 | 251 | 219 | 231 | 239 | 265 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame-des-Prés church
- Saint-Christophe church from the 13th / 14th centuries Century, Monument historique
Personalities
- Achille Laugé (1861–1944), painter and lithographer
- Gilberte Roca (1911-2004), politician