Roquetaillade (Aude)
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| local community | Roquetaillade-et-Conilhac | |
| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Aude | |
| Arrondissement | Limoux | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 0 ′ N , 2 ° 12 ′ E | |
| Post Code | 11300 | |
| Former INSEE code | 11323 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Roquetaillade - the townscape |
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Roquetaillade is a village and a former French commune with 210 (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aude department in the Occitanie region . It belonged to the canton of Quillan and the Arrondissement of Limoux .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Roquetaillade and Conilhac-de-la-Montagne were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Roquetaillade-et-Conilhac and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Roquetaillade.
location
Roquetaillade is at an altitude of about 340 meters above sea level. d. M. west of the river Aude about 35 kilometers (driving distance) southwest of Carcassonne or about ten kilometers south of Limoux . Couiza , the capital of the canton, is about ten kilometers south-east; the village of Rennes-le-Château is a further five kilometers away.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 182 | 159 | 161 | 163 | 197 | 192 | 211 | 210 |
After the place had reached a population of over 500 in the middle of the 19th century, the population fell to just over 300 as a result of the phylloxera crisis by the end of the century. The mechanization of agriculture caused a further decline in the population in the first half of the 20th century; The town reached its lowest point with 159 inhabitants in 1968.
economy
The area around the village is still characterized by agriculture and forestry, with livestock (cattle and sheep) making up the majority of agricultural production. Viticulture is also practiced: Roquetaillade has a share in the Languedoc wine-growing region and is one of around 40 municipalities that are allowed to market their white sparkling wines under the designation of origin Crémant de Limoux , Blanquette de Limoux AOC or Blanquette méthode ancestrale AOC . In the village itself, small trade as well as smaller craft and service businesses predominate. At the beginning of the third millennium, a wind farm ( Parc éolien du Pic de Brau ) was installed in the municipality .
Attractions
The small late medieval village church of St-Étienne and the ruin of a castle towering over the village are - besides the townscape - of tourist interest.
