Villarzel-Cabardès

Villarzel-Cabardès
region	Occitania
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Carcassonne
Canton	Le Haut-Minervois
Community association	Carcassonne Agglo
Coordinates	43 ° 17 ′  N , 2 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 17 ′  N , 2 ° 28 ′  E
height	119-242 m
surface	6.38 km 2
Residents	238 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	37 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	11600
INSEE code	11416
Villarzel-Cabardès - Saint-Pierre-es-Liens Chapel

Villarzel-Cabardès is a municipality in the south of France with 238 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aude department in the Occitanie region .

location

Villarzel-Cabardès is located on the Clamoux River in the old cultural landscape of Cabardès in the southern foothills of the Montagne Noire at an altitude of about 120 meters above sea level. d. M. and about 15 kilometers (driving distance) northeast of Carcassonne . The distance to the western canton capital Conques-sur-Orbiel is about six kilometers.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2016
Residents	169	156	144	131	130	145	170	233

In the 19th century the place always had between 120 and 180 inhabitants. Despite the phylloxera crisis and the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs, the number of inhabitants has hardly declined in the 20th century. In the last few decades it has even increased slightly, which is primarily due to the significantly lower land prices and rents compared to the nearby city of Carcassonne.

economy

Despite its proximity to Carcassonne, the area around the town is still characterized by agriculture - especially viticulture, which Cabardès may have been doing in ancient times.

history

Pre-Romanesque chapel of Notre-Dame-de-la-Louze

No information is available on the history of the place. The presence of an early medieval church and a medieval castle, however, suggests settlement going back a long way.

Attractions

• The ruins of the pre-Romanesque chapel Notre-Dame-de-la-Louze with its square apse, standing on private property, was recognized as a Monument historique in 1966 .
• The late medieval, but later modernized Château de Villarlong from the 15th / 16th. and 18th century has been converted into a hotel.
• Not far away is the Saint-Pierre-es-Liens chapel from the 15th and 16th centuries. Century.

Web links

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

• Ventenac-Cabardès - Photos + Info (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Louze, Villarzel-Cabardès in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)