First city of the department by the number of inhabitants and by its surface (17 554 ha), sub-prefecture of the Aude.

This city will seduce you with its art from the antiquity, concealing magnificent monuments, and relics of the past, its sea resort, its vineyards, its strolls with the downstream of its canals, in brief "a journey from Roman into the modern".

Rich with a 2000-years-old patrimony, the city is remarkable for its monumental whole XIV-th century. It is composed of the Archbishops Palace and of the Saint-Just cathedral , which dominates the famous Via Domitia, formerly, used by Romans.

The center of the city is very well preserved and is notably shown to this advantage by the crossing of the Canal of Roubine (connected with the canal called Canal du Midi), propitious to pleasant rows on the water or on the shaded banks.

From 15 km of the city by road D168, a small road lined with loose stones and with pines will make for you discover the beach which extends in a straight line over several kilometres.

Photo : "Office of Narbonne's tourism" and Text : Tourinfos