Limoux is a town in Aude, Occitania, about twenty kilometers south of Carcassonne.
Located in the valley of the Aude which gave its name to the department, backed by hills and hills that prefigure the Massif des Corbières to the east and the Pyrenees to the south, Limoux is already inhabited in Roman times. The city developed in the eleventh century before suffering the consequences of the crusade against the Albigensians (repression of the Cathar heresy) and then being devastated by the Black Prince during the Hundred Years War to the fourteenth.
However, economic activity (leather work, draperies) is flourishing and despite new damage during the wars of Religion and then due to epidemics of plague, Limoux remains a pole of prosperity in the nineteenth: the shoe industry Supplemented that of leather, and the growing viticulture has allowed the radiance of a famous vin of effervescent wine, which remains today the flagship of the city.
With more than 10 800 inhabitants, Limoux has preserved its historical heritage while being at the center of a region with a natural environment of quality. In addition to its wine richness and the famous blanquette of Limoux, its cultural and festive dynamism (its carnival lasts three months!) Participates in its influence and makes it a step of choice for lovers of green tourism... and gourmand.
