Argeliers is a commune

Communes of France

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 in the Aude

Aude

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 department in the Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc-Roussillon

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 region

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 in southern France

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Located to the southern edge of the Haut-Minervois and in the north of the fertile sedimentary plain of Narbonne

Narbonne

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, Argeliers is bordered to the east by the Canal du Midi

Canal du Midi

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 where there are mooring facilities known as Port d'Argeliers.

Population

Its inhabitants are known as Argeliésois.

Personalities

• Marcelin Albert, leader of the 1907 Languedoc wine-makers uprising, was born in 1851 in Argeliers. He died in 1921 and is buried in the cemetery in the village. A village square is named in his honour.
• Max Roqueta
  Max Roqueta
  Max Roqueta was one of the most famous contemporary Occitan writers. A physician, he was also an activist .-Prose:...
  
   a contemporary Occitan writer, was born in Argeliers in 1908.

External links

• http://www.portaildelaude.com/
• http://www.revolte-vignerons-argeliers-1907-2007.com/