Rennes-les-Bains
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Aude | |
| Arrondissement | Limoux | |
| Canton | La Haute-Vallée de l'Aude | |
| Community association | Limouxin | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 55 ' N , 2 ° 19' E | |
| height | 254-822 m | |
| surface | 18.77 km 2 | |
| Residents | 205 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 11 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 11190 | |
| INSEE code | 11310 | |
| Website | www.renneslesbains.org | |
Rennes-les-Bains is a municipality with 205 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) with Celtic / Roman origin in southern France in the Aude department in the Occitanie region about 40 kilometers south of Carcassonne and about twelve kilometers from the Pic de mountain Bugarach . It is known for its four hot water springs , which is why the Romans built a spa next to this place.
Rennes-les-Bains is a neighboring town of Rennes-le-Château . Only one way - today a small road - connects the two villages over the mountain in between.
The small town is often associated with the “mystery” of Rennes-le-Château, as the local pastor Henri Boudet (1872–1914) is associated with Bérenger Saunière , the pastor of Rennes-le-Château at the time. However, whether these two churchmen actually had a friendly relationship is debatable.
In his book “la vraie langue celtique” (1891), Boudet describes two Celtic stone circles around Rennes-les-Bains, parts of which actually exist.
Today the small village with very few inhabitants is a tourist pilgrimage for mystery researchers, pre-Pyrenees lovers and supporters of the New Age movement.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 177 | 192 | 192 | 194 | 221 | 159 | 172 | 225 |
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literature
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Jean-Jacques-Henri Boudet : La vraie langue celtique et le Cromleck de Rennes-les-Bais . Belfond, Paris 1978, ISBN 2-7144-1186-X (unaltered reprint of the Carcassonne 1886 edition)
- German: The true language of the Celts and the Kromleck of Rennes-les-Bains . Self-published by Jakobskötter, Waldkraiburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-00-021219-2 (translated by Olaf Jacobskötter).
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