Coursan station

Coursan (French pronunciation: [kuʁsɑ̃] (listen); Occitan: Corçan) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. Coursan station has rail connections to Narbonne, Béziers and Montpellier. It is 7 km from Narbonne on the river Aude. There is a bridge built in the fifteenth century, over which passes the RN9 road. The town has a church from the same period which is in the course of being restored. Composer Henry Fourès was born in Coursan (17 May 1948)

The canton of Les Basses Plaines de l'Aude (before 2015: canton of Coursan) is an administrative unit in the Aude department, southern France. Its seat is in the town Coursan. The canton consists of 6 communes: Armissan Coursan Cuxac-d'Aude Fleury Salles-d'Aude Vinassan

Vinassan (French pronunciation: [vinasɑ̃] (listen); Occitan: Vinaçan) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

The Pont Serme or Pons Selinus, later called the Pons Septimus, was a Roman bridge of the Via Domitia in Hérault, southern France. The approximately 1500 m long viaduct crossed the wide marshes of the Orb and the Etang de Capestang west of Béziers, surpassing in length even the Trajan's Bridge over the Danube. Today, few traces remain of the viaduct, other than its name, which has passed over to a nearby village.

The canton of Narbonne-3 is an administrative division of the Aude department, southern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Narbonne.It consists of the following communes: Narbonne (partly)

Narbonne is a railway station in Narbonne, Occitanie, France. The station opened on 22 April 1857 and is on the Bordeaux–Sète railway and Narbonne–Portbou railway lines. The station is served by TGV (high speed), Intercités (long distance, also night train) and TER (local) services operated by the SNCF. The line was electrified through Narbonne in 1935. The station is at an important 3-way junction, with both passenger and freight services coming from Toulouse, Nîmes, Perpignan and Spain (via Portbou). Some trains avoid the station, by a curve between the Toulouse and Perpignan lines.

Armissan (French pronunciation: [aʁmisɑ̃] (listen); Occitan: Armissan) is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Armissannais or Armissannaises

The siege of Narbonne was a conflict between the Visigothic Foederati of Aquitania and the Western Roman Empire.

The musée d'art et d'histoire de Narbonne is a museum in Narbonne. It displays the fine and decorative arts. It is particularly known for its ancient faïence collection and its remarkable collection of orientalist paintings. It and the Musée archéologique de Narbonne are the city's two main museums, both housed in the Archbishops' Palace. Its collections are not based on a previous collection but began to be formed from 1833 onwards through purchases, gifts, bequests and deposits.

The siege of Narbonne was fought in 737 between the Arab and Berber Muslim forces of Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri, Arab Umayyad Muslim governor of Septimania on behalf of al-Andalus, and the Frankish Christian army led by the Carolingian king Charles Martel.