Castelnaudary
Castelnaudary ( Occitan: Castelnau d' Ari ) is a commune with 11,876 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Aude department in the Languedoc- Roussillon region. She belonged to the former French province Lauragais, the center of the Cathars. The inhabitants Chauriens or Castelnaudariens call themselves.
Geography
The city lies at an average altitude of 165 meters above sea level and crossed by the Canal du Midi. This used to be a large ship yard with dry dock.
History
During the Albigensian Crusade Simon IV de Montfort was besieged in Castelnaudary in 1211 by the Counts of Toulouse and Foix.
Since 1977 the 4th Regiment of the Foreign Legion, the Régiment Etranger 4ème is (4e RE), based in Castelnaudary ( until 1980: Régiment d' Instruction de la Légion Etrangère ( RILE ) ). There, the basic training for all new legionaries as well as various developments take place (eg corporal courses ). It is purely a training regiment.
Sons and daughters of the community
- Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil (1643-1725), general, governor of New France ( French colony, now Canada ) from 1703 to 1725
- Jean -François -Aimé Dejean (1749-1824), General and Minister of War of 1802-1810
- Antoine -François Andréossy (1761-1828), Napoleon's General
- Maria Theresia de Soubiran (1834-1889), foundress
- Antoine Marfan (1858-1942), a French pediatrician
- Georges Canguilhem (1904-1995), philosopher and physician