Castellan'dary

Castellan'dary, a town in the French department of Aude, situated on a declivity, skirted at the base by the Canal du Midi, 34 miles SE. of Toulouse by rail. It has manufactures of woollen and silk fabrics, and earthenware. The canal at this point expands into a large basin. Pop. (1891) 8598. The Sostomagus of the Romans, and Castrum Novum Arianorum (hence the modern name) of the Visigoths, Castelnaudary suffered dreadfully in the crusade against the Albigenses, and in 1355 it was captured by the Black Prince. Under its walls, in 1632, the royalists defeated the Duke of Orleans.