Armissan (; ) is a
commune in the
Aude
Aude ( ; ) is a Departments of France, department in Southern France, located in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region and named after the river Aude (river), Aude. The departmental council also calls it " ...
department in the
Occitanie region of southern
France
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.
Geography
Armissan is part of the urban area of
Narbonne
Narbonne ( , , ; ; ; Late Latin:) is a commune in Southern France in the Occitanie region. It lies from Paris in the Aude department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It is located about from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and was ...
and is located just 2 km east of the city immediately south of
Vinassan and inside the Regional Natural Park of Narbonne. Access to the commune is by road D68 from Narbonne passing through the town and continuing south-east to join the D168 to
Narbonne-Plage at the southern border of the commune. The D168 from Narbonne to Narbonne-Plage also passes through the south of the commune. There is also the D31 going south from Vinasson through the west of the commune to join the D32. The
A9 autoroute
The A9 autoroute (''La Languedocienne''/''La Catalane'') is a motorway in Southern France.
The road forms part of the European route E15, as does the A9 road (Scotland). The road runs between Orange and Perthus, in the Pyrénées-Orientales ...
passes through the west of the commune but has no exit - the nearest exit is Exit 37 at Narbonne. The commune has large forests in the south-west and in the north with the rest of the commune farmland.
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The ''Ruisseau Mayral'' with many tributaries flows through the village west to join a network of canals west of the A9.
History
Heraldry
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
Demography
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Armissannais'' or ''Armissannaises'' in French.
Economy
The commune is part of the Languedoc AOC.
Sites and monuments
*The Remains of the Church of Saint Peter (Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...
) are registered as an historical monument.
*The Chateau of Armissan
*The War Memorial (20th century) is registered as an historical object.
The Church of Saint-Etienne contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
*The Tombstone of René de Chefdebien (1615)
*Statues (18th-19th century)
*An Altar Painting: Saints Pierre and Etienne (17th century)
*A box for holy oils (1684)
*A Ciborium (1654)
*A Ciborium (17th century)
*A Bronze Bell (1732)
*A Sacristy Washbasin (15th century)
*A Statue/Reliquary
A reliquary (also referred to as a ''shrine'', ''Chasse (casket), chasse'', or ''phylactery'') is a container for relics. A portable reliquary, or the room in which one is stored, may also be called a ''feretory''.
Relics may be the purported ...
: Saint Roch (18th century)
*4 Altar Candlesticks and a Cross (17th century)
*6 Altar Candlesticks and a Cross (17th century)[Ministry of Culture, Palissy ]
See also
*Communes of the Aude department
The following is a list of the 433 Communes of France, communes of the Aude Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
External links
Armissan official website
Armissan on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Armißan'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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Communes of Aude