Lagrasse

Lagrasse (Occitan: La Grassa) is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. In 2016, it had a population of 560. Lagrasse is part of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France") association.[2]

Lagrasse

La Grassa  (Occitan)
Commune
View of Lagrasse
Coat of arms
Location of Lagrasse
Lagrasse
Lagrasse
Coordinates: 43°05′28″N 2°37′10″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentAude
ArrondissementNarbonne
CantonLes Corbières
IntercommunalityCanton de Lagrasse
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) René Ortega
Area
1
32.2 km2 (12.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
545
 • Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
11185 /11220
Elevation82–586 m (269–1,923 ft)
(avg. 108 m or 354 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Lagrasse is about 30 km (19 mi) southeast of Carcassonne. It lies in the valley of the River Orbieu, at the foot of the Pyrenees.

History

Lagrasse dates from the time the abbey was built. Permission for the construction was given by Charlemagne in 783.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962622—    
1968665+6.9%
1975623−6.3%
1982696+11.7%
1990704+1.1%
1999615−12.6%
2006603−2.0%
2008599−0.7%

Sights

The two highlights of the village are the eponymous Abbey[3] and the bridges, although the narrow medieval streets of the village itself are also very attractive, and remains of the town walls can still be seen.

Economy

The region is renowned for the wine produced in the surrounding hills - this is the Corbières wine region, the largest wine-producing region in France.

The village is now home to numerous pottery workers and artists, and host numerous cultural and intellectual festivals such as "Le Banquet du Livre"

gollark: And Minoteaur. MAKE MINOTEAUR. I cannot, apparently, do this → it is your problem → do so → bees rotate → do so.
gollark: Why didn't you make Macron?
gollark: I've always thought it would be easier a lot of the time to just cancel the ds in the fraction.
gollark: It was a joke paper submitted to SIGBOVIK.
gollark: Oh, and I found an interesting paper on Benford's law for binary data.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "List of "Plus Beaux Villages de France"". Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
  3. St. Mary's Abbey, Lagrasse Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine


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