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8 unusual facts about Castelnaudary


À la Table de Spanghero

À la Table de Spanghero, commonly known as Spanghero, is a French meat processing company based in Castelnaudary, Aude.

The company was founded in 1970 as Spanghero SA in Castelnaudary by Claude and Laurent Spanghero, two former France international rugby players.

Aimery III of Narbonne

The next year (1210), Aimery assisted Simon in the siege of Minerve, but he refused, on account of the wishes of his subjects, to participate in the siege of Castelnaudary.

Bertran Folcon d'Avignon

Raymond VII had moved an army against Castelnou d'Arry early in 1220 but was forced to lift his siege to deal with an offensive of Amaury de Montfort.

Cassole

Cassoles are still made in the traditional way at Issel, near Castelnaudary.

Castelnaudary

Joseph Martin-Dauch (1741–1801), one of the few deputies known to have abstained from taking the Tennis Court Oath, a major event of the French Revolution of 1789

Guy, Count of Bigorre

The Occitan lords rebelled against him and Guy was killed in a conflict at Castelnaudary in 1220, either on 4 April or in July.

Tennis Court Oath

The only deputy recorded as not taking the oath was Joseph Martin-Dauch from Castelnaudary.


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Cassoulet

The region once known as the province of Languedoc is the traditional homeland of cassoulet, especially the towns of Toulouse, Carcassonne, and Castelnaudary, the town which claims to be where the dish originated.


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