Cross of the wash-house, French Heritage monument to Castans

Castans is composed of seven hamlets, left again in the valley encaissee of Clamoux. Each one has at least a fountain, the church and the town hall is in the hamlet of Laviale.

Castans (of Castaneis). The church of Castans is dediee to the Blessed Virgin under the term of the assumption it is situee with the hamlet of Lavialle; but it there has, at the hamlet of Fargue belonging to the commune of Castans and locates at the edge of the river of Clamoux, a vault of Notre-Dame de Pitie, signalee in the official report of the made pastoral visit has Castans by bishop Mgr. Louis de Nogaret, in 1656. This vault was restauree and increased considerably in 1859. Mgr Leuillieux, bishop of Carcassonne, were accepted there by the parish of Castans, at the time of the pastoral visit of May 29, 1876.

One can read in the State of the Churches of the Aude, under the date of the 1st Brumaire, year V '' Castans has a church known as parochial, small and of mean structure has all regards; it is in a passable state and was returned to the worship. '' The church of Castans was erigee in branch by decree of 11 Meadow, year XII; in 1807, the treatment of serving, put at the load of the commune, was not yet fixed.

Source: Memories of the Company of arts and sciences of Carcassonne.

Visible on D9 between the two arches of the laundrette, the cross presentee by Peira11 is not very far from the church of the village.

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