Badens | |
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 The town hall in Badens | |
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 Location of Badens | |
  Badens  Badens | |
| Coordinates:43°13′00″N2°31′00″E / 43.2167°N 2.5167°E /43.2167; 2.5167 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Carcassonne |
| Canton | La Montagne d'Alaric |
| Intercommunality | Carcassonne Agglo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Alain Estival[1] |
Area 1 | 9.60 km2 (3.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 729 |
| • Density | 75.9/km2 (197/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 11023 /11800 |
| Elevation | 61–160 m (200–525 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Badens is acommune in theAudedepartment in theOccitanie region of southernFrance.
Badens is located some 12 km east ofCarcassonne and 3 km north ofFloure. Access to the commune is by the D206 road fromRustiques in the west which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues north-east toAigues-Vives. The D235 passes through the north of the commune as it goes from Rustiques to join the D135 south-west ofLaure-Minervois. The D157 road comes fromMarseillette in the south-east through the village and continues north—west to join the D235 in the commune. The D535 goes south from the village to join the D610 just south of the commune. The commune is entirely farmland.[3]
TheRuisseau de Trachaman flows from the north of the commune joining theRuisseau de Buadelle and continuing south-east to theRuisseau de Réals which flows east out of the commune. TheRuisseau Maire rises in the west and flows east joining theRuisseau de Canet which flows east through the village to join theRuisseau Neuf near Aigues-Vives. TheRuisseau de l'Aqueduc forms the southern border of the commune as it flows east to join theCanal du Midi south-west of the commune.[3]
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The oldest written mention of Badens is dated November 993 asVilla Badencus in an exchange between Udulgarius, abbot of Caunes, and Roger De Trencavel,Viscount of Carcassonne, concerningAquaviva which later becameAigues-Vives, a neighbouring village that still exists today.[5]
In 1993 Badens celebrated its 1000 years of existence. On this occasion the village baker baked a cake he calledThe Millennium. All residents were clothed in medieval costumes and children dressed as knights fought in choreography under the eyes of parents. At the time the commune invited everybody in France calledBadens orFerret to participate in the event and edited a book on the history of the town and with a map of France showing the location of theBadens surnames in France.
| Blazon: Vert, in chief Argent. |
| From | To | Name |
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| 1790 | 1791 | Paulin Cathary |
| 1791 | 1792 | Bernard Gieulles |
| 1792 | 1793 | Georges Degrand |
| 1793 | 1794 | Guillaume Cathary |
| 1794 | 1800 | Paulin Cathary |
| 1800 | 1813 | Georges Degrand |
| 1813 | 1828 | Barthémély Caffort |
| 1828 | 1864 | Georges Boyer |
| 1864 | 1870 | Léo Boyer |
| 1870 | 1871 | Antoine Cathary |
| 1871 | 1876 | Raymond Ferret |
| 1876 | 1877 | Antoine Cathary |
| 1877 | 1877 | Raymond Ferret |
| 1877 | 1888 | Antoine Cathery |
| 1888 | 1892 | Aimé Caffort |
| 1892 | 1900 | Jean Poudou |
| 1900 | 1904 | Paul Reverdy |
| 1904 | 1907 | Jacques Martignole |
| 1907 | 1929 | Joseph Bon |
| From | To | Name |
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| 1929 | 1944 | Raymond Ferret |
| 1944 | 1945 | Urbain Pascal |
| 1945 | 1965 | Jules Mahoux |
| 1965 | 1983 | Jean Poudou |
| 1983 | 2014 | Robert Alric |
| 2014 | 2026 | Alain Estival |
The inhabitants of the commune are known asBadenois orBadenoises in French.[7]
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is registered as an historical monument.[10] The Church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
which is registered as an historical object.[15]
