Caux-et-Sauzens

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Coordinates: 43°13′36″N, 2°15′23″E

Commune of Caux-et-Sauzens

Location
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Coordinates 43°13′36″N, 2°15′23″E
Administration
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon
Department Aude]
Arrondissement Carcassonne
Canton Alzonne
Intercommunality Carcassonnais
Mayor Angel Esteban
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 103 m–177 m
(avg. 150 m)
Land area¹ 9 km²
Population²
(1999)		 739
 - Density 82/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 11084/ 11170
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Caux-et-Sauzens is a commune of the Aude département in Languedoc-Roussillon in southwestern France.

Located eight kilometres west of Carcassonne between the Montagne Noire and Malepère, at the crossroads of the old Roman roads to Toulouse and from Foix towards Ariège and Spain. The Canal du Midi runs between the Village of Caux and the Hamlet of Sauzens. Its inhabitants are known as Cauxois.

[edit] History

The hamlet of Sauzens and the village Caux joined to form Caux et Sauzens during the French revolution in 1791.

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