Canal du Midi, Toulouse The Canal du Midi is a 240km long canal in southern France, linking the Garonne River to the Mediterranean Sea, between Toulouse and the Mediterranean port of Sète, which was created for the canal. The original purpose of the canal was to avoid over 2000... Canal du Midi in Castelnaudary

Castelnaudary is a The commune is an administrative division of France. The rights and obligations of communes are governed by the Code général des collectivités territoriales (CGCT) which replaced the Code des communes (except for personnel matters) with the passage of the law of 21 February 1996 for legislation and... commune of the Aude is a département in south-central France named after the Aude River. History The Roman road Via Domitia crossed Aude in classical times. Aude was the center of the Cathars, a 10th-century Gnostic Christian sect. The present department was one of the original 83 departments created... Aude The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. They are subdivided into 342 arrondissements. Départements are also found in Côte dIvoire. Administrative role Each... département in southwestern The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... France. Population: 11,600 (Chauriens or Castelnaudariens).

• Postal code: 11400
• INSEE is the French abbreviation for the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (French: Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques). It collects and publishes information on the French economy and French society, carrying out the periodic national census. INSEE also maintains indicies of inflation, construction... INSEE code: 11076
• Area: 4,772 ha
• Average altitide: 165 m

Miscellaneous

Castelnaudary was the birthplace of:

• Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil (1643 - October 11, 1725) was Governor-general of New France (now Canada) from 1703 to 1725. He was born in the castle of Vaudreuil, near Castelnaudary, France. As Chevalier de Vaudreuil, he was sent to command French forces in New France before being appointed governor of... Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil ( Events January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga May 14 - Four year-old France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII. May 19 - Battle of Rocroi: French victory over the Spanish at Rocroi, France. July 13 - English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down - In England, Lord Henry Wilmot, Earl of... 1643 - Events February 8 - Catherine I became empress of Russia February 20 - The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony. March 2 – In London, night watchman finds a severed head by the Thames; it is later recognized to be that of the... 1725)
• Bernard-Jean Antoine Marfan (June 20, 1858_1942) was a French pediatrician. He was born in Castelnaudary (département Aude, Languedoc_Roussillon) to Antoine Prosper and Adélaïde Thuries. In 1896, Marfan described a hereditary disorder of connective tissue called the Marfan syndrome. Further eponymous medical conditions named after Antoine Marfan... Antoine Marfan ( 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. Events January 14 - Felice Orsini and his accomplices fail to assassinate Napoleon III in Paris but their bombs kill 156 bystanders. Because of the involvement of French émigrés living in Britain, there is a brief anti-British feeling in France but... 1858- 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - World War II: The word United Nations is first officially used to describe the Allied pact. January 2 - World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. The Japanese Admiral stays in... 1942), Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics or pædiatrics) is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants and children. Most pediatricians are members of a national body, such as the Canadian Paediatric Society, the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons or the American Academy of Pediatrics. One of... pediatrician
• Georges Canguilhem (Castelnaudary 1904-1995) was a French philosopher and member of the Academie_Francaise who specialized in the philosophy of science. He entered the Ecole Normale Superieure in 1924 as part of a class that included Jean-Paul Sartre, Raymond Aron, and Paul Nizan. He agregated in 1927 and then... Georges Canguilhem ( 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-March January 7 - The distress signal CQD is established only to be replaced two years later by SOS. February 7 - The Great Baltimore Fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in... 1904- 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It was the first year of the International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www.unesco.org/culture/indigenous/ Events January January 1 Austria, Finland and Sweden enter the European Union Fred West, accused... 1995), A philosopher is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy. The word, philosopher, literally means lover of wisdom. Popular Western philosophers in (approximate) historical order Not listed above: (some of) The Presocratics -- Epicurus place after Aristotle --Hellenistic Philosophers -- Cicero -- Avicenna -- Sir Thomas Browne -- Francis Bacon -- Thomas Reid... philosopher and member of the The Acad mie fran aise (French Academy) is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Acad mie, limited to forty members, has the task of acting as an official authority on the language, even though it has no enforcement power and its rulings... Academie Francaise who specialized in the The philosophy of science is the branch of philosophy which studies the philosophical foundations, presumptions and implications of science both of the natural sciences like physics and biology and the social sciences such as psychology and economics. In this respect, the philosophy of science is closely related to epistemology and... philosophy of science

The 4th Foreign Regiment of the The French Foreign Legion (F. Légion Étrangère) has been a military unit of the French Army since 1831. History The French Foreign Legion was created by Louis Philippe, the French King at the time, on March 10, 1831, to support his war in Algeria. Successive legions were also... French Foreign Legion is based in Castelnaudary.

Castelnaudary is the self-proclaimed "Capital of Cassoulet is a rich slow-cooked bean stew or France, containing meat (typically pork sausages, mutton, or goose), and white haricot beans. Numerous regional variations exist, the most notable being from Castelnaudary, the self-proclaimed Capital of Cassoulet, where the casserole contains only beans, pork and the local sausages, from... Cassoulet".

External link

• Official website (http://www.ville-castelnaudary.fr/) (in French)