Rennes-le-Château
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Rennes-le-Château (French pronunciation: [ʁɛn lə ʃato] ⓘ; Occitan: Rènnas del Castèl) is a commune approximately 5 km (3 miles) south of Couiza, in the Aude department in the Occitanie region in Southern France.
For other uses, see Rennes (disambiguation).
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Rennes-le-Château
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Coordinates: 42°55′41″N 2°15′48″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Aude |
Arrondissement | Limoux |
Canton | La Haute-Vallée de l'Aude |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Alexandre Painco[1] |
Area 1 | 14.68 km2 (5.67 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 89 |
• Density | 6.1/km2 (16/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 11309 /11190 |
Elevation | 272–568 m (892–1,864 ft) (avg. 435 m or 1,427 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
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This hilltop village is known internationally; it receives tens of thousands of visitors per year,[citation needed] drawn by conspiracy theories surrounding a putative buried treasure discovered by its 19th-century priest Bérenger Saunière, the precise nature of which is disputed among those[who?] who credit its existence.[3]