Limoux

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Limoux
Limós
Limoux coat of arms
Limoux (France)
Limoux
region Occitania
Department Aude
Arrondissement Limoux
Canton La Région Limouxine
Community association Limouxin
Coordinates 43 ° 3 '  N , 2 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 3 '  N , 2 ° 13'  E
height 156-740 m
surface 32.41 km 2
Residents 10,066 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 311 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 11300
INSEE code 11206
Website www.limoux.fr

The river Aude flows through the municipality. View from the Pont-Neuf to the Saint-Martin church.

Limoux ( Occitan Limós ) is a French commune with 10,066 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aude department in the Occitanie region ; it is the administrative seat of the arrondissement of Limoux .

Limoux is located on the River Aude , twenty kilometers south of Carcassonne .

history

There have been traces of human settlement with the menhir "Pierre Droite" (as much as "upright stone") since the Neolithic . A primitive settlement was founded on the hill of Flassian ( Flacianum ), another ( Limosus ) on the banks of the Aude.

In 844, Charles the Bald transferred the site to the nearby Saint-Hilaire Abbey . In the 10th century it belonged to the County of Rasès , whose owner exercised the royal rights here, and later even became the capital of the eponymous vice-county. The development was disrupted by the rise of the Cathars and the following Albigensian Crusade . Then the place came to Lambert de Turry, who was now called Lambert de Limoux. In the 14th century Limoux went to the French crown.

Under Pope John XII. the diocese of Limoux was established in Limoux in 1317 , but was dissolved again the following year. The only bishop was Durandus of St. Pourçain . The cathedral church was the Saint-Martin church.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 9603 10,824 11.101 10.206 9665 9411 9709 10,098
Place de la république, Limoux, postcard, 1910

Attractions

  • Menhir "la Pierre Droite"
  • Gallo-Roman villa in Flassian
  • Old town with houses from the 15th century
  • Hotel de Brasse
  • Pont Neuf over the Aude from 1327
  • Pont-Vieux , which was restored in the 19th century
  • Hotel de ville
  • Place de la République with arcades on three sides
  • Remnants of the 14th century city walls: Porte de la Trinité
  • Church Saint-Martin (12th century)
  • Church of Our Lady of Marceille (14th century)

Carneval de Limoux

Every year the longest carnival in the world takes place in Limoux , in 2012 from mid-January to 25th March 2012. The carnival is celebrated on Saturdays and Sundays with parades of the various bandes . These march, accompanied by musicians, in Pierrot costumes through the city to the central square. The parades deal with local events such as politics, the local sports club or well-known originals and take place at 11 a.m., 4.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. There are few taboos in the presentation, but the anonymity of the actors behind the masks and figures should be preserved.

Personalities

  • Alexandre Guiraud (1788–1847), writer and member of the Académie française, b. in Limoux

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ I know you, but you don't know me in FAZ of February 2, 2012, page R6

Web links

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