Caux-et-Sauzens
Caux-et-Sauzens | |
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The town hall and church in Caux-et-Sauzens | |
Location of Caux-et-Sauzens | |
| Coordinates: 43°13′36″N 2°15′23″E / 43.2267°N 2.2564°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Carcassonne |
| Canton | La Malepère à la Montagne Noire |
| Intercommunality | Carcassonne Agglo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Geneviève Raboul |
Area 1 | 9 km2 (3 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 1,013 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 11084 /11170 |
| Elevation | 103–177 m (338–581 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Caux-et-Sauzens (French pronunciation: [ko e sozɛ̃s] ⓘ; Occitan: Caus e Sausens) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
Located 8 kilometres west of Carcassonne between the Montagne Noire and Malepère, at the crossroads of the old Roman roads to Toulouse and from Foix towards Ariège and Spain. The Canal du Midi runs between the Village of Caux and the Hamlet of Sauzens. Its inhabitants are known as Cauxois.