Sallèles-Cabardès

Sallèles-Cabardès
region	Occitania
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Carcassonne
Canton	Le Haut-Minervois
Community association	Carcassonne Agglo
Coordinates	43 ° 20 ′  N , 2 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 20 ′  N , 2 ° 25 ′  E
height	147-480 m
surface	6.82 km 2
Residents	119 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	17 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	11600
INSEE code	11368
Sallèles-Cabardès - View of the town

Sallèles-Cabardès is a municipality in the south of France with 119 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aude department in the Occitanie region .

location

Sallèles-Cabardès is located in the old cultural landscape of Cabardès at the foot of the Montagne Noire at an altitude of about 270 meters above sea level. d. M. and about 20 kilometers (driving distance) northeast of Carcassonne . The distance to the southern canton capital of Conques-sur-Orbiel is almost ten kilometers. The Cathar town of Lastours is about six kilometers to the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2016
Residents	166	159	97	125	115	105	113	117

In the 19th century the place always had between 150 and 300 inhabitants. As a result of the phylloxera crisis and the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs, the number of inhabitants has decreased significantly in the 20th century.

economy

The area around the town has been shaped by agriculture for centuries - especially viticulture, which in Cabardès may have been practiced in ancient times. At the end of the 20th century, tourism in the form of the rental of holiday apartments ( gîtes ) was added as an economic factor.

history

No information is available on the history of the place.

Attractions

• The Château La Villatade , built in the 18th century, has been converted into a hotel.
• Walks and hikes (e.g. to Lastours) are possible in the surrounding vineyards.
• In the Grotte du Gazel , about a kilometer outside the village, systematic excavations in the first half of the 20th century have found prehistoric finds from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age . The cave has been designated as a monument historique since 1948 .

Web links

Commons : Sallèles-Cabardès  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Grotte du Gazel ou des Marronniers, Sallèles-Cabardès in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)