Salles-d'Aude

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Salles-d'Aude
Coat of arms of Salles-d'Aude
Salles-d'Aude (France)
Salles-d'Aude
region Occitania
Department Aude
Arrondissement Narbonne
Canton Les Basses Plaines de l'Aude
Community association Le Grand Narbonne
Coordinates 43 ° 14 '  N , 3 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 14 '  N , 3 ° 7'  E
height 2-87 m
surface 18.15 km 2
Residents 3,255 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 179 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 11110
INSEE code 11370

Penitent's Chapel ( Chapelle des Pénitents )

Salles-d'Aude is a French municipality with 3255 inhabitants (1 January 2017) in the department of Aude in the region Occitania . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Narbonne and the community association Le Grand Narbonne, founded in 2002 .

geography

The Aude near Salles just before it flows into the sea

The municipality of Salles-d'Aude is about ten kilometers north-east of Narbonne and ten kilometers from the Mediterranean coast.

The municipality stretches on both sides of the Aude river and borders the Hérault department in the north . In the south, the municipality has a small share of the heights of the Massif de la Clape (also called Montagne de la Clape ).

In the extensive plains to the left and right of the diked Aude, wine is cultivated, the sites of which belong to the small La Clape wine-growing region , located immediately northeast of the Corbières wine-growing region.

The settlement of the core town is separated by the Autobahn 9 (Rhone Valley-Spanish border) from Fleury, which is directly adjacent to the southeast . The hamlets of Celeyran and Le Pech belong to the municipality .

Salles-d'Aude borders in the north on Nissan-lez-Enserune , in the northeast on Lespignan (point of contact), in the east on Fleury , in the south on Vinassan and in the west on Coursan .

history

The place was first mentioned in 966 as Salae . About Castrum de Salis (1322) and Salas or Sallas and Salhas in the 15th and 16th centuries, the spelling of the place name changed to Salles (since 1781).

Population development

The location near the sea and the short distance to the city of Narbonne favored a steady increase in population. The population has more than doubled since the 1970s due to the move to new housing estates around the old village center.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 1258 1382 1395 1510 1710 1902 2486 3255
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • The Château de Céleyran, classified as a historic monument ( Monument historique ), belonged to the parents of the French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec , who spent part of his childhood here and later used the property for recreational stays.
24-hour clock in front of the town hall

Economy and Infrastructure

In addition to many service providers, the wineries and providers of tourist services play the main role in Salles. There are two gas stations, two grocery stores, two bakeries, two clothing stores, a butcher and a supermarket. In addition, there are 156 farms in the community, 143 of them winegrowers, the rest grows grain, vegetables and berries, and breeds horses and poultry.

In the nearby municipality of Coursan, there is a connection to the national road network and the railway network ( Bordeaux - Sète route ). The motorway ( A 9 ) leads through the municipality of Salles, but the nearest connections are in Narbonne and Béziers .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Salles-d'Aude on cassini.ehess.fr
  2. ↑ Salles-d'Aude on insee.fr
  3. ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée , a database of the French Ministry of Culture. Retrieved February 20, 2011 (French).
  4. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

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