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Badens
Occitanievillage
Badens
Total population
738
Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Badens is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
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History
The oldest written mention of Badens is dated November 993 as Villa Badencus in an exchange between Udulgarius, abbot of Caunes, and Roger De Trencavel, Viscount of Carcassonne, concerning Aquaviva which later became Aigues-Vives, a neighbouring village that still exists today. In 1993 Badens celebrated its 1000 years of existence. On this occasion the village baker baked a cake he called The Millennium. All residents were clothed in medieval costumes and children dressed as knights fought in choreography under the eyes of parents. At the time the commune invited everybody in France called Badens or Ferret to participate in the event and edited a book on the history of the town and with a map of France showing the location of the Badens surnames in France.
Geography
Badens is located some 12 km east of Carcassonne and 3 km north of Floure. Access to the commune is by the D206 road from Rustiques in the west which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues north-east to Aigues-Vives. The D235 passes through the north of the commune as it goes from Rustiques to join the D135 south-west of Laure-Minervois. The D157 road comes from Marseillette in the south-east through the village and continues north—west to join the D235 in the commune. The D535 goes south from the village to join the D610 just south of the commune. The commune is entirely farmland. The Ruisseau de Trachaman flows from the north of the commune joining the Ruisseau de Buadelle and continuing south-east to the Ruisseau de Réals which flows east out of the commune. The Ruisseau Maire rises in the west and flows east joining the Ruisseau de Canet which flows east through the village to join the Ruisseau Neuf near Aigues-Vives. The Ruisseau de l'Aqueduc forms the southern border of the commune as it flows east to join the Canal du Midi south-west of the commune.
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Nearby places in Occitanie
- Saint-Frichoux3.1 mi away · pop. 233
- Villedubert4.4 mi away · pop. 343
- Blomac4.5 mi away · pop. 245
- Villalier5.5 mi away · pop. 964
- Villegly5.8 mi away · pop. 1,208
- Villeneuve-Minervois7.1 mi away · pop. 973
- Caunes-Minervois7.5 mi away · pop. 1,581
- Arquettes-en-Val8 mi away · pop. 79
- Azille8.6 mi away · pop. 1,132
- Félines-Minervois8.9 mi away · pop. 494
- Montbrun-des-Corbières8.9 mi away · pop. 339
- Taurize9.9 mi away · pop. 107
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Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 11023
- Department
- 11
- Region
- 76
- Population (Wikidata)
- 749
geo.api.gouv.fr
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis)
- • Wikidata
- • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
- • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr