In the Languedoc-Roussillon region of the south of France, a circulade is a traditional village that has been built in concentric circles. The center...

L'Hérault. The centre of the commune is at the entrance to the medieval circulade. The clay soil favours viticulture. The river Hérault is 2 km from the...

at the foot of the Malepère mountain range. Alairac is a traditional circulade village dating to 1000AD. The commune has been part of the agglomeration...

churches whose fortified walls also function serves as communal living Circulades, circular villages in southern France Joseph Needham, Science and civilization...

the Aude department, southern France. It is recognised as the smallest circulade or circular village in France. The maire in 2020 is Jean Marc Albert Georges...

commune in the Haute-Garonne department, Southwestern France. The town is a circulade indicating that it had been a fortified village during the middle ages...

department in southern France. The village is laid out in the form of a circulade. It is positioned on the edge of an area of wooded hills, some 5 km (3...

View of Caux Circulade...

planned new towns of Languedoc-Roussillon, built on a circular plan, as circulades. Randolph 1995:297 C. Goudineau, P.A. Février and M. Fixot, "Le réseau...

is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. Caux is a Circulade village located near Pézenas The origin of the name "Caux" has two possible...

guardpost for the nearby St Hilaire Abbey. The centre of the village has a Circulade, a circle of old houses that would have originally been built around the...

wines. the château (see on pictures). the village center, built as a circulade. Communes of the Hérault department "Répertoire national des élus: les...

1050. "Castro Nizacio" is mentioned in time of crusades (1094–1114). The circulade is well preserved in the historical center of the village called quartier...

Cathare, an area rich with Medieval abbeys and castles. Although not a Circulade like neighboring villages, Ajac is built upon a hill with the chateau...

perched on a hill, St. Pons de Mauchiens is a typical example of the circulade type of village dating back to the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The...

continues south to Villelongue-d'Aude. The village itself is a traditional Circulade located in the historical region of Razès. Located in the AOP Malepere...

ecclesiastic with the original village clustered around the church in a circulade form. Subsequently, the village developed towards the north and west of...