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6 eras · 1050–2026 · 2 places

Foix, Carcassonne and Narbonne - Ariège and the Aude

Foix, Pamiers, Carcassonne, Narbonne, Castelnaudary, Limoux. Which empire held this ground in which years — and, the part that matters, which archive that means.

Whose archive this ground was

YearsWho held itWhose archive that means
1050–1209 County of Foix and the Trencavel viscounties no registers survive

Before registers. The county of Foix was established in the mid-11th century, when Roger of Foix first took the title.
1209–1229 Albigensian Crusade - Trencavel lands no registers survive

Crusaders took Carcassonne in August 1209. The Trencavel viscounties were integrated into the Royal French Domain in 1224, and the crusade ended with the Treaty of Paris (Meaux) of 12 April 1229.
1229–1607 Royal Languedoc (sénéchaussée of Carcassonne) and the County of Foix Archives départementales de l'Ariège · Archives départementales de l'Aude · Archives municipales de Pamiers · FamilySearch · Geneanet

The counts of Foix became co-princes of Andorra in 1278 and inherited Béarn in 1290; the sénéchaussées of Beaucaire, Carcassonne and Toulouse formed a perpetual union in 1359, and the viscounty of Narbonne joined the crown lands in 1507.
1607–1790 Kingdom of France - Foix, Carcassonne and Narbonne in Languedoc Archives départementales de l'Ariège · Archives départementales de l'Aude · Archives municipales de Pamiers · FamilySearch · Geneanet

Henry IV united the county of Foix with the French crown in 1607, having become king in 1589.
1790–1956 France - departments of Ariège and Aude Archives départementales de l'Ariège · Archives départementales de l'Aude · Archives municipales de Pamiers · FamilySearch · Geneanet

The county of Foix was disestablished in 1789-90 and joined with Couserans to form the Ariège department in 1790. Civil registration passed to the municipalities by the decree of 20 September 1792.
1956–2026 France - Occitanie Archives départementales de l'Ariège · Archives départementales de l'Aude · Archives municipales de Pamiers · FamilySearch · Geneanet

Most of the old Languedoc now lies in the Occitanie region.

The rings are approximate — deliberately. They exist to shade which filing system a place fell under, not to adjudicate a border. A place near a ring's edge should be checked against both neighbours.

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The map takes a range, and a range that crosses one of the rows above is where records get lost: the family never moved, and the archive on the far side of the handover will tell you it holds nothing.

2 places on this ground

118 FamilySearch collections reach this ground

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