Aude (Occitan: Aude) is a department in south-central France named after the Aude River. The local council also calls the department "Cathar Country". Aude is also a frequent feminine French given name in Francophone countries, deriving initially from Aude or Oda, a wife of Bertrand, Duke of Aquitaine and mother of Saint Hubertus's brother Eudo. History The Roman road Via Domitia crossed Aude in classical times. Aude was the center of the Cathars, a 10th-century dualistic and Gnostic Christian sect. The present department is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Languedoc. Geography Aude is located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Pyrenees mountains. It is part of the current region of Languedoc-Roussillon. It is surrounded by the departments of Pyrénées-Orienta

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