Labastide-d'Anjou
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Labastide-d'Anjou La Bastida d'Anjau |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Aude | |
| Arrondissement | Carcassonne | |
| Canton | Le Bassin Chaurien | |
| Community association | Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 21 ′ N , 1 ° 51 ′ E | |
| height | 165-253 m | |
| surface | 8.57 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,326 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 155 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 11320 | |
| INSEE code | 11178 | |
Labastide-d'Anjou ( Occitan : La Bastida d'Anjau ) is a municipality with 1,326 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the west of the Aude department in the southern French region of Occitania (before 2016: Languedoc-Roussillon ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Carcassonne and the canton of Le Bassin Chaurien (until 2015: canton of Castelnaudary-Sud ). The inhabitants are called Labastidiens .
location
Labastide-d'Anjou is located about 39 kilometers west-northwest of Carcassonne on the Fresquel . The Canal du Midi flows in the southwest . Labastide-d'Anjou is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Montferrand in the north and west, Airoux in the north-east, Ricaud in the east, Mas-Saintes-Puelles in the south and south-east and Baraigne in the south-west.
The A61 autoroute runs through the southwest .
history
The bastide was founded in 1373 by Duke Ludwig I of Anjou .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 739 | 766 | 747 | 825 | 797 | 889 | 862 | 1,173 |
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Attractions
- Genurts Church ( Église de la Nativité )
Personalities
- Jean-Pierre Rivalz (around 1625–1706), painter and architect, born here
