La Palme, Aude

La Palme (French pronunciation: [la palm] ^ⓘ; Occitan: La Pauma, before 1995: Lapalme)^[3] is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. Its origins date at least to 805 AD, when the priory was given to the Abbey of La Grasse by Charlemagne.

La Palme
Commune
The church in La Palme
Coat of arms
Location of La Palme
La Palme Show map of France La Palme Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 42°58′32″N 2°59′37″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Narbonne
Canton	Les Corbières Méditerranée
Intercommunality	Grand Narbonne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Paul Fauran[1]
Area 1	27.47 km2 (10.61 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,889
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	11188 /11480
Elevation	0–201 m (0–659 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	842	—
1968	851	+1.1%
1975	865	+1.6%
1982	935	+8.1%
1990	1,009	+7.9%
1999	1,151	+14.1%
2008	1,508	+31.0%

See also

• Fitou AOC
• Corbières AOC
• Communes of the Aude department