Alet-les-Bains is a commune in France in the Occitania Region (ex Languedoc), Aude department, five kilometers to the South of Limoux, in the very heart of the Cathar country.
Interestingly, in the past, people spoke Roman rather than Latin in the province in the year 1272. “Oc” means “Yes” in this language, that is why the province’s name is Languedoc (Langue is language and oc means yes).
750m mountains surround the town.
History
Alet-les-Bains is famous for its Abbey, whose origin is unclear. It is located on former Raze county territory, so one can suppose that Bera Viscount Razes was the founder.
The Abbey was a famous peregrine destination in the XII century. It became bishopric in the year 1318 in order to strengthen the struggle against Catharism. The Huguenots (the name for French Protestants or Calvinists), headed by Lord Castelreng, took Alet and the villages around it on February 27th, 1573, during the religious wars. Arnaud du Ferrier, Lord Villars (Villars is the commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur department), Huguenot, became the town governor in October 1575.
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