Cailhau

Cailhau Calhau
region	Occitania
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Limoux
Canton	La Piège au Razès
Community association	Limouxin
Coordinates	43 ° 9 '  N , 2 ° 8'  E 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

Web links

Commons : Cailhau  - collection of images, videos and audio files