Conques-sur-Orbiel (; oc, Concas) is a
commune in the
Aude
Aude (; ) is a department in Southern France, located in the Occitanie region and named after the river Aude. The departmental council also calls it " Cathar Country" (French: ''Pays cathare'') after a group of religious dissidents active i ...
department in southern
France
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.
Population
Chapel
About 2 km north of the town lies a chapel constructed in 1885 for property owner Camille Don de Cépian and designed by Gabriel Pasquier. The chapel is crumbling but was recently stabilized.
[Travaux de sécurisation à la chapelle de Vic](_blank)
La Dépêche du Midi
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, 2016-11-28
2018 Flood
In mid-October 2018,
Villegailhenc
Villegailhenc (; oc, Vilagalhenc) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
In mid-October 2018, Villegailhenc, Conques-sur-Orbiel, and Villardonnel, and Trèbes, along with nearby areas along the river Aude, were devastated w ...
, Conques-sur-Orbiel, and
Villardonnel, and
Trèbes
Trèbes (; oc, Trebes) is a commune in the Aude department, southern France. It is around 7 km east of the centre of Carcassonne.
History
Located on an important river crossing, Trèbes was originally known as Tresmals (Three Fords) bu ...
, along with nearby areas along the river
Aude
Aude (; ) is a department in Southern France, located in the Occitanie region and named after the river Aude. The departmental council also calls it " Cathar Country" (French: ''Pays cathare'') after a group of religious dissidents active i ...
, were devastated when the river flooded after intense rain. 12 people were killed, including a
nun
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.
[France hit by worst flash floods in over a century, killing at least 12 including a nun](_blank)
ABC News Online
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The division of ...
, 2018-10-16 Natural deposits of high arsenic content were disturbed & spread by these flood waters, levels of 100 ug/L have been subsequently measured in affected areas.
See also
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Communes of the Aude department
The following is a list of the 433 communes of the Aude department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):[List of medieval bridges in France
The list of medieval bridges in France comprises all bridges built between 500 and 1500 AD in what is today France, that is including regions which were not part of the country in the Middle Ages, such as Burgundy, Alsace, Lorraine and Savoie. ...]
References
External links
SENIORBIEL - Seniors Conques sur OrbielConques-sur-Orbiel sur le site de l'Institut géographique national
Communes of Aude
Aude communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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