Occitanie
Aude
Arrondissement of Limoux

Rennes-le-Château

Rennes-le-Château is just the other side of the hot springs of Rennes les Bains from Fourtou and La Mouline. It is the home of the world-famous enigma highlighted by Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code.
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  • Type: Village with 89 residents
  • Description: commune in Aude, France
  • Also known as: “Rennes-le-Chateau”
  • Postal code: 11190

Places of Interest

Highlights include Villa Bethania and Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Rennes-le-Château.

Museum
Photo: Hawobo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The was constructed in the French village of Rennes-le-Château between 1901 and 1905 as part of the former estate of the Abbé Bérenger Saunière, in the name of his maidservant Marie Dénarnaud.

Church
Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Castle
Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rennes-le-Château

Latitude
42.9272° or 42° 55′ 38″ north
Longitude
2.2627° or 2° 15′ 46″ east
Population
89
Elevation
513 metres (1,683 feet)
Open location code
8FJ4W7G7+V3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1396713273
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2983986
Wiki­data ID
Q332622
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Rennes-le-Château” goes by many names.
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  • Breton: “Rènnas del Castèl”
  • Bulgarian: “Рен льо Шато”
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  • Catalan: “Rènnas del Castèl”
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  • Italian: “Villa Betania”
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  • Occitan (post 1500): “Rènnas del Castèl”
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  • Tatar: “Рен-ле-Шато”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Rennes-le-Château”. Photo: Mairie de Rennes-le-Château, CC BY-SA 4.0.