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Château de Puilaurens

Visitors to Puilaurens can see Château de Puilaurens. There is one other place to visit inside 5 km. It has been a classé historic monument since 1902.

Where
In Puilaurens
inside the commune
Historic monument
1902
Classé historic monument
How well known
Top 2%
#385 of 37,318 French places we list
Warmest months
Apr–Oct
highs of 17–28°C
In brief

Château in Puilaurens

One of the best-known places to visit in France

#385 of the 37,318 museums, châteaux, gardens and other attractions we list in France, by how widely it is covered (15 Wikipedia and sister-site articles). About ↓

In Puilaurens

Château de Puilaurens is in the commune of Puilaurens, with 1 more place to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Classé historic monument

Protected as a historic monument since 1902 (Mérimée record PA00102871). About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Seasons and weather

If warmth matters, go April to October: Puilaurens reaches 17–28°C.

Jan10° / 2°70 mm
Feb11° / 2°51 mm
Mar15° / 5°56 mm
Apr17° / 7°75 mm
May21° / 10°69 mm
Jun25° / 14°51 mm
Jul28° / 16°35 mm
Aug28° / 16°44 mm
Sep24° / 13°61 mm
Oct19° / 10°70 mm
Nov14° / 5°76 mm
Dec11° / 3°66 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Puilaurens, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Granes station, 12 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Puilaurens’ full climate →
About

Château de Puilaurens

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 15 languages. Worth the trip, Château vicomtal Saint-Pierre de Fenouillet is 6.7 km off.

Château de Puilaurens on Wikipedia ↗

Mérimée record PA00102871 (Culture ministry) ↗

Type
Château
Protection
Classé historic monument · 1902
Covered in
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune
Puilaurens, Aude
Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).
The map

Map of Château de Puilaurens and nearby

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Château de Puilaurens is the orange one.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is the commune of Puilaurens. · commune boundary: IGN

Towns near it

Nearby towns

The biggest base of the 3 is Prades (6,148 people). Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

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  1. 1Puilaurens
  2. 2Quillan
  3. 3Prades
1 · It’s in this commune

Puilaurens

277 people

2 · 13 km northwest of it

Quillan

2,978 people

3 · 23 km southeast of it

Prades

6,148 people

Compare the 3 towns
TownWhere Château de Puilaurens isPeople
PuilaurensIt’s in this commune277
Quillan13 km northwest of it2,978
Prades23 km southeast of it6,148
Make a day of it

While you are near Château de Puilaurens

Around it, within 15 km, lie 18 more, including 4 châteaux, an attraction and a museum.

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

A visit to Château de Puilaurens: questions

Where is Château de Puilaurens?

Château de Puilaurens is in Puilaurens, in Aude (Occitanie).

What is Château de Puilaurens?

Castle.

Is Château de Puilaurens a historic monument?

Yes: Classé historic monument, since 1902, Mérimée record PA00102871.

How well known is Château de Puilaurens?

Château de Puilaurens has 15 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #385 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Château de Puilaurens?

April to October are the warmest months in Puilaurens, with afternoon highs of 17–28°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Château de Puilaurens?

Within 15 km: Château vicomtal Saint-Pierre de Fenouillet (6.7 km), Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Rennes-le-Château (14 km), Villa Bethania (14 km) and Château de Sabarda (7.1 km).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.