๐ซ๐ท Carcassonne is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, in the region of Occitanie.
Inhabited since the Neolithic, Carcassonne is located in the plain of the Aude between historic trade routes, linking the Atlantic to the Mediterranean Sea and the Massif Central to the Pyrรฉnรฉes. Its strategic importance was quickly recognised by the Romans, who occupied its hilltop until the demise of the Western Roman Empire. In the fifth century, it was taken over by the Visigoths, who founded the city. Within three centuries, it briefly came under the Islamic rule. Its strategic location led successive rulers to expand its fortifications until the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659.
Its citadel, known as the Citรฉ de Carcassonne, is a medieval fortress dating back to the Gallo-Roman period and restored by the theorist and architect Eugรจne Viollet-le-Duc in 1853. It was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997. Consequently, Carcassonne relies heavily on tourism but also counts manufacturing and winemaking as some of its other key economic sectors.
Economy The newer part (Ville Basse) of the city on the other side of the Aude river (which dates back to the Middle Ages, after the crusades) manufactures shoes, rubber and textiles. It is also the centre of a major AOC winegrowing region. A major part of its income comes from the tourism connected to the fortifications (Citรฉ) and from boats cruising on the Canal du Midi. Carcassonne is also home to the MKE Performing Arts Academy. Carcassonne receives about three million visitors annually.
Transport In the late 1990s, Carcassonne airport started taking budget flights to and from European airports and by 2009 had regular flight connections with Porto, Bournemouth, Cork, Dublin, Frankfurt-Hahn, London-Stansted, Liverpool, East Midlands, Glasgow-Prestwick and Charleroi.
The Gare de Carcassonne railway station offers direct connections to Toulouse, Narbonne, Perpignan, Paris, Marseille and several regional destinations. The A61 motorway connects Carcassonne with Toulouse and Narbonne.
Carcassonne has a population of over 46,513 people. Carcassonne also forms the centre of the wider Carcassonne Arrondissement which has a population of over 159,539 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Carcassonne has links with:
๐ช๐ธ Baeza, Spain ๐ฉ๐ช Eggenfelden, Germany ๐ช๐ช Tallinn, Estonia๐ซ๐ท Oloron-Sainte-Marie 43.19
๐ซ๐ท 13th Arrondissement 2.35
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๐ซ๐ท Vitry-sur-Seine 2.393
๐ซ๐ท Carcassonne 2.349
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