Tuchan - commune in Aude, France
Tuchan is a village of 800 people (2019) in the Languedoc region of the south of France, inland between Narbonne and Perpignan, in the heart of a wine-producing region.
Understand
Tuchan is a centre for Hautes Corbières wines, producer of Fitou, Corbières and Muscat de Rivesaltes.
Get in
Tuchan is crossed by the RD 611 road from north to south, coming from Villeneuve-les-Corbières and in the direction of Paziols.
Tuchan is 31 km from the Perpignan airport.
Get around
See
- Église Notre-Dame de Faste. The village church built in the 14th and 18th centuries. The building has a single nave plan and a polygonal apse with five sides. 2021-07-01
- Hôtel des postes de Tuchan. Post office built in 1905. 2021-07-01
- Château d'Aguilar. It is a castle probably dates back to the 12th century and construction continued in the 13th and 14th centuries. In the 13th century it became a royal fortress. The castle is on a hill 96 m over the plain of Tuchan. It is composed of two enclosures separated by lices. The buildings in the centre of the second enclosure are all practically destroyed. The outer enclosure, constructed by engineers royal between 1262 and early 14th century, consists of six semi-circular towers. The inner wall, corresponding to the feudal castle of the lords of Termes, houses a main building and a cistern. Later this enclosure was flanked by a rectangular tower. On the southern slope of the castle remain the Sainte-Anne chapel and some vestiges of the enclosure which protected the village. 2021-07-01