page_title: Aragon, Aude
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Aragon, Aude / History
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Vue générale du village d'Aragon
context_page_description: Aragon is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
  The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aragonais or Aragonaises
context_section_description: There are remains from the Bronze Age (2000 BC) which were found in a cave. In 1820 a fragment with a Gallo-Roman funerary inscription was discovered.
  In the 10th century Aragon belonged to the Abbey of Montolieu but, from the beginning of the 12th century, traces of the Lords of Aragon have been found. They then had large areas of land but they seem to have followed the Cathar cause. They were thus deprived of their property by the Inquisition although they received financial compensation. Their fief was then shared between the Royal Domain and the bishopric of Carcassonne but, even without the protection of lords, Catharism still survived in the village.
  In 1575 and in 1588 the Huguenots occupied the village. The Viscount of Turenne recaptured it in 1580.
  The village experienced a period of prosperity in the late 18th century when looms for supplying the clothiers at Carcassonne brought additional revenue to the community.
  In the 17th century, the lordship of Aragon belonged to Sebastian de Maurel, whose daughter, Anne de Maurel d'Aragon, was married in 1726 at Aragon to Pierre de Bancalis, giving birth to the noble family Bancalis de Maurel d'Aragon.
caption: Aragon Village
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