Saissac

The Arboretum du Lampy, also known as the Arboretum du Domaine du Lampy-Neuf, is a private arboretum located in Le Lampy-Neuf, Saissac, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. It is open daily. The arboretum was first established in the 19th century as the Canal du Midi administration's experimental site for exotic trees. After forty years of neglect, restoration began in 1995. Older trees include araucarias, Lawson cypresses, sequoiadendrons, thujas, and Virginia tulip trees; these have been augmented with new plantings of cedar of Lebanon, Ginkgo biloba, liquidambar, Negundo maple, etc.

The Château de Saissac is a ruined castle, one of the so-called Cathar castles, in the southernmost tip of the commune of Saissac in the Aude département in the north-west of Carcassonne, France. It was once the residence of the powerful vassal family of Trencavel. Today the ruins are protected as official historical monuments of France (French: monument historique).

The Bassin de Lampy was created during 1777 and 1781 when a dam was placed on the Lampy Valley in the Aude department in south-central France. The reservoir provides a source of water for the Canal du Midi. It was originally proposed in 1665 by the commission created by Louis XIV of France to evaluate Pierre-Paul Riquet's plan for the canal enterprise. The original reservoir in support of the canal was at Bassin de St. Ferréol. In 1776 a link was provided between the canal and the Aude and the Canal de la Robine at Narbonne. This connection and an increase in barge traffic led to a requirement for more water. A short time after the dam was complete, leaks were found. They were stopped by pouring a large quantity of quick lime into the reservoir. The particles of lime thus suspended and were carried into the leaking areas and filled all the openings in the joints of masonry and even into the stone. The feeder canal from the basin to the canal is 52,552m. The basin covers some 24 hectares and contains some 1,600,000 cubic metres of water. It flows into the Bassin de St. Ferréol.

Saint-Denis (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ dəni] ; Languedocien: Sant Danís) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Villemagne (French pronunciation: [vilmaɲ] ; Occitan: Vilamanha) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Cenne-Monestiés (French pronunciation: [sɛn mɔnɛstje] ; Occitan: Cena Monestièrs) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. The film Departure (2015), starring Juliet Stevenson, Alex Lawther and Phénix Brossard, was filmed on location in the village.

Carlipa (French pronunciation: [kaʁlipa] ) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Arfons (French pronunciation: [aʁfɔ̃]; Occitan: Arfonts) is a commune of the Tarn department in southern France.

Montolieu (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tɔljø] ; Occitan: Montoliu) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Saint-Martin-le-Vieil (Languedocien: Sant Martin le Vièlh) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Lacombe (French pronunciation: [lakɔ̃b] ; Occitan: La Comba) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Fontiers-Cabardès (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tje kabaʁdɛs] ; Occitan: Fontiès Cabardés) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.