Arquettes-en-Val (; ) 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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The commune is one of the rare ones in France that are free of debt.
Geography
Arquettes-sur-Val is located some 16 km south-east of
Carcassonne
Carcassonne is a French defensive wall, fortified city in the Departments of France, department of Aude, Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania. It is the prefectures in France, prefecture of the department.
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and 4 km south-west of
Montlaur. Access to the commune is by the D42 road from
Palaja in the north-west passing through the commune and the village and continuing south to
Serviès-en-Val. The D114 goes north-east from Serviès-en-Val to form part of the eastern border of the commune before joining the D3. The D714 road connects the D3 east of the commune to the village. The D310 goes south-west from the village to
Villetritouls. The commune is rugged and forested in the north-west giving way to farmland in the south-east.
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The ''Ruisseau des Lys'' rises in the north-east of the commune and flows south-east gathering many tributaries. The ''Ruisseau de Jonquiere'' rises near the village and flows south-east. The ''Ruisseau de Lanes'' rises in the north-west of the commune and also flows south-west gathering many tributaries. All of the streams join the ''Sou'' south-west of the commune.[
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Neighbouring communes and villages
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History
Heraldry
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
Demography
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Arquettois'' or ''Arquettoises'' in French.
Religious heritage
The Church contains a Chasuble
The chasuble () is the outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for the celebration of the Eucharist in Western-tradition Christian churches that use full vestments, primarily in Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches. In the Eastern ...
, Stole, Maniple, and ''Bourse de Corporal'' (17th century) which are registered as an historical object.
Notable people linked to the commune
* Oliver de Termes (1200-1274), Lord of Termes and Arquettes-en-Val.
*Émile Pouytès, born at Rieux-Minervois on 1 June 1924, died at Montredon-des-Corbières on 4 March 1976. a winemaker in Arquettes-en-Val who attended a viticultural protest by winegrowers and was killed.["10,000 in France Attend Funeral Of a Winegrower Killed in Clash", by Flora Lewis, ''The New York Times'', March 7, 1976, p. 2] There is a commemoration on the 1st Sunday of March at the Montredon-des-Corbières bridge.
See also
* Val de Dagne
* Corbières AOC
Corbières () is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for wine in the Languedoc-Roussillon, France, and it is this region's largest AOC, responsible for 46 per cent of the region's AOC wine production in 2005. Red wine dominates the prod ...
* 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
Arquettes-en-Val on the National Geographic Institute website
Arquettes-en-Val on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Arquetes'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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Communes of Aude