CASTELNAUDARY
, a See also:town of See also:south-western See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Aude, 22 M
.
W.N.W. of See also:Carcassonne, on the See also:Southern railway between that See also:city and See also:Toulouse
.
Pop
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(1906) 665o
.
It is finely situated on an See also:elevation in the midst of a fertile and well-cultivated See also:plain; and its commercial facilities are greatly increased by the See also:Canal du Midi, which widens out, as it passes the town, into an extensive See also:basin surrounded with wharves and warehouses for the See also:timber used in the upkeep of the canal
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The See also:principal buildings are the See also:law See also:court, the hotel de ville, and the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Michel, dating from the 14th See also:century; none of these offers any feature of unusual See also:interest
.
There are a number of See also:flour-See also:mills, as well as manufactories of earthenware, tiles and blankets; an extensive
See also:trade is maintained in See also:lime, See also:gypsum, timber, See also:grain, fruits, See also:wine, See also:wool, See also:cattle and See also:farm implements, and the See also:building of canal boats forms an important See also:industry
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The public institutions include the sub-prefecture, tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, a communal See also:college and a farm school
.
Castelnaudary probably represents the See also:ancient town of Sostomagus, taken during the 5th century by the Visigoths, who, it is conjectured, rebuilt the town, calling it Castrum Novum Arianorum, whence the See also:present name
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See also:Early in the 13th century the town was the See also:scene of several struggles during the See also:war against the Albigenses, between See also:Simon IV., See also:count of Mont-fort, and See also:Raymond VI., count of Toulouse, and their supporters
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In 1229 it was deprived of its ramparts, and after these had been rebuilt, it was captured and burned by the See also:Black See also:Prince in 1355, but again rebuilt in 1366
.
In 1632 it was the scene of a See also:cavalry engagement in which the See also:rebel See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II., See also:duke of See also:Montmorency, was defeated and captured by the royal troops
.
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