Les Cassés
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Aude | |
| Arrondissement | Carcassonne | |
| Canton | Le Bassin Chaurien | |
| Community association | Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 26 ' N , 1 ° 52' E | |
| height | 189-323 m | |
| surface | 7.28 km 2 | |
| Residents | 295 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 41 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 11320 | |
| INSEE code | 11074 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Les Cassés |
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Les Cassés is a French commune with 295 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aude department in the Occitanie region (before 2016 Languedoc-Roussillon ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Carcassonne and the canton of Le Bassin Chaurien ( Castelnaudary-Nord until 2015 ).
Neighboring communities
Les Cassés is about 39 kilometers northwest of Carcassonne . Les Cassés is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Félix-Lauragais in the north and east, Saint-Paulet in the south, Montmaur in the south and south-west, Mourvilles-Hautes in the west and Bélesta-en-Lauragais in the north-west.
Via Tolosana , a variant of the Camino de Santiago , runs through the municipality .
history
In 1211, the siege of Les Cassés took place during the Albigensian Crusade .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 156 | 171 | 168 | 183 | 186 | 174 | 211 | 266 |
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Attractions
- old church of Saint-Étienne from the 14th century, monument historique since 1948
- Les Clarisses monastery ruins
- Caunes windmill from the 18th / 19th centuries Century, since 1961 Monument historique
Saint-Etienne church
Monastery ruin
