Fanjeaux

Commune in Occitanie, France

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Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Fanjeaux

(2020–2026) Aurélien Passemar^[1]Area

25.49 km² (9.84 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

872 • Density34/km² (89/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

11136 /11270

Elevation155–395 m (509–1,296 ft)
(avg. 363 m or 1,191 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fanjeaux (French pronunciation: [fɑ̃ʒo] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Fanjaus) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Fanjeaux is located west of Carcassonne. Between 1206 and 1215, Fanjeaux was the home of Saint Dominic, the founder of the Roman Catholic Church's Dominican Order, who preached to the Cathars in the area (see Catharism).

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	748	—
1968	776	+3.7%
1975	748	−3.6%
1982	778	+4.0%
1990	775	−0.4%
1999	770	−0.6%
2008	776	+0.8%

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.