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Carcassonne
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Carcassonne
Total population
46,218
Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Carcassonne is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, region of Occitania. It is the prefecture of the department.
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Geography
Carcassonne is located in the south of France about east of Toulouse. Its strategic location between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea has been known since the Neolithic era. The town's area is about , which is significantly larger than the numerous small towns in the department of Aude. The rivers Aude, Fresquel, and the Canal du Midi flow through the town.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 11069
- Department
- 11
- Region
- 76
- Population (Wikidata)
- 46,080
geo.api.gouv.fr
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • 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