Carcassonne
Carcassonne is a city in southern France, best known for its UNESCO World Heritage listed walled city. It can be visited comfortably as a day trip. Among board game enthusiasts, the city may ring a bell as the inspiration for the 2000 German board game of the same name.Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Danapit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 46,000 residents
- Description: French commune in Aude, Occitania
- Postal code: 11000
Notable Places in the Area
Carcassonne station
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Carcassonne is a railway station in Carcassonne, Occitanie, France, on the Bordeaux–Sète and Carcassonne–Rivesaltes lines.
Carcassonne Cathedral
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Carcassonne Cathedral is a cathedral and designated national monument in Carcassonne, France.
Basilica of Saints Nazarius and Celsus
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The Basilica of Saints Nazarius and Celsus is a Roman Catholic minor basilica located in the citadel of Carcassonne, France.
Localities in the Area
Cité de Carcassonne
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The Cité de Carcassonne is a medieval citadel located in the French city of Carcassonne, in the Aude department, Occitania region.
Carcassonne
- Categories: commune of France and locality
- Location: Arrondissement of Carcassonne, Aude, Occitanie, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.213° or 43° 12' 47" northLongitude
2.3491° or 2° 20' 57" eastPopulation
46,000Elevation
113 metres (371 feet)IATA airport code
CCFUnited Nations Location Code
FR CCFOpen Location Code
8FM4687X+6JOpenStreetMap ID
node 26691834OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3028641Wikidata ID
Q6582Carcassonne Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Carcassonne
- Albanian: Karkasona
- Arabic: Carcassonne
- Arabic: قرقسونة
- Arabic: قرقشونة
- Arabic: كاركاسون
- Aragonese: Carcasona
- Armenian: Կարկասոն
- Arpitan: Carcassonne
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- Azerbaijani: Karkason
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- Basque: Carcasona
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- Belarusian: Каркасон
- Breton: Carcassona
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- Chinese: 卡卡桑
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- Chinese: 卡爾卡松
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- Dutch: Carcassonne (Aude)
- Dutch: Carcassonne
- Egyptian Arabic: قرقشونه
- English: Carcassona
- Esperanto: Karkasuno
- Estonian: Carcassonne
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- French: Carcassonne-Cité
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- Greek: Καρκασσόν
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- Latin: Carcassona
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- Picard: Carcassonne
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- Russian: Каркасон
- Sardinian: Carcassonne
- Scots: Carcassona
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- Scottish Gaelic: Carcassonne
- Serbian: Carcassonne
- Serbian: Каркасон
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- South Azerbaijani: کارکاسون
- Spanish: Carcasona
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- Swiss German: Carcassonne
- Thai: การ์กาซอน
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- Turkish: Carcassonne
- Ukrainian: Каркассонн
- Urdu: قرقشونہ
- Urdu: کاغکاسون
- Venetian: Carcassonne
- Vietnamese: Carcassonne
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- Walloon: Carcassonne
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- Wu Chinese: 卡尔卡松
- Yue Chinese: 卡卡城
- Zulu: Carcassonne
- Carcasonne
Other Places Named Carcassonne
Localities in the Area
- La Bastide Saint-LouisNeighbourhood
- Cité AlbignacNeighbourhood
- Plaine de Saint-NazaireLocality
- Cité Saint-JaquesNeighbourhood
- La ReilleHamlet
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