Rennes-le-Château is a commune approximately 5 km south of Couiza, in the Aude department in the Occitanie region in Southern France.
Tour Magdala
The château in the village, once in the possession of the Hautpoul family. The present building dates from the 17th or 18th century.
Visit of Socialist candidate François Mitterrand to Rennes-le-Château in the 1981 presidential campaign
Church of Saint Mary Magdalene
Southern France, also known as the south of France or colloquially in French as le Midi, is a defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea and Italy. It includes southern Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the west, Occitanie in the centre, the southern parts of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in the northeast, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the southeast, as well as the island of Corsica in the southeast. Southern France is generally considered part of southern Europe because of its association with the Mediterranean Sea.
Calanques National Park between Marseille and Cassis, in Bouches-du-Rhône
Southern France, based on a split along the 45th parallel
Nice is often considered abroad to be southern France's best-known city although Marseille is the largest.
Coastal road near Sainte-Maxime