About this municipality : Carcassonne
- Official name
- Carcassonne ↗
- INSEE code
- 11069 ↗
- Department
- Aude ↗
- Region
- Occitanie ↗
- Municipal population
- 46,080 ↗
- Area
- 65.13 km² ↗
- Name of the inhabitants · Italiano
- carcassonesi ↗
Reference population: 2023; municipal boundaries: 1 January 2025. This is not the population of the metropolitan area.
History and heritage
Carcassonne’s medieval fortifications surround the castle and town. Their present appearance also reflects restorations led by Viollet-le-Duc.
UNESCO · View the reference ↗Sources and reference dates
- Administrative boundaries API ↗Open Licence 2.0 · Retrieved
- INSEE · reference populations 2023 ↗Open Licence 2.0 · Retrieved
- INSEE · Official Geographic Code 2026 ↗Open Licence 2.0 · Retrieved
- Wikidata — Carcassonne ↗CC0 · Retrieved