Leucate

Leucate is a common French, located in the department of the Aude and the area Languedoc-Roussillon. Its name comes from the Greek " leukos" who wants to say white.

Its inhabitants is called Leucatois.

Geography

Commune located in the Corbières and more precisely in the maritime Corbières on the littoral audois halfway between Narbonne and Perpignan. The commune is stretched on four tourist poles:

Franqui,
Leucate village,
Leucate beach,
and Port-Leucate.

Geographically Leucate belongs to the Corbières, more specifically in Corbières maritime. The Cape Leucate is the Eastern point of the maritime Corbières. Peninsula of Leucate, which is actually an old quaternary island (named Île of Leucate) is into large part forms by Calcaires Lacustres of the average Pliocène.

History

Strategic Place strong, attached to the royal capacity, Leucate defended the steps of Spain. She played a big role in 1590 and 1637 while resisting to the Spaniards victoriously. The castle was destroyed in 1664. There remain nevertheless some interesting vestiges (stone of the lion, hones falquette), which testify to the importance of the work. Francoise de Cezelli, whose statue is set up on the place of the village is heroin. Marry of Jean de Boursier, governor of the place of Leucate, it resists to the Spaniards who do not hesitate to carry out her husband under his eyes. " The city is to the king and my honor is with God. I must preserve them until my last soupir". Henri IV will charge it with controlling the place until the majority of his oldest son.

Administration

Demography

Culture, Soil and Produced

The common one has on its territory following qualitative names:

Local wine of the Slopes of the Littoral Audois
Fitou (AOC)
AOC Corbières

Places and monuments

Impressions of Leucate Village

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