Village

Rennes le Château was previously called Rennes and Rennes les Bains was Bains de Rennes. In 1874, there were 492 inhabitants in Rennes les Bains, and 351 in Rennes le Château ,and in 1885, there were 447 in Rennes le Bains and 298 in Rennes le Château.
In 1879,the mayor was Mr Tuysseyre

The castle that had belonged to Elizabeth de Rennes was sold by auction to Julie Avignon on September 2^nd 1816.This lady was married to Michel Captier who became the mayor of Rennes le Château in 1816. The castle was sold to the brothers Dalbiès from Couiza.

Position : 42° 55' 41 N - 2° 15' 45 E. Altitude 546m (?)

-50000 : traces of graves.
-300 : Slight Celt occupation.Civilization of the Redones
-121 : Roman occupation.
Early 5^th century,Visigoths.
Rhédae was the capital of Septimanie,the county town of the diocese of Rhédénium.
725 : Saracen invasion.
771 : The church of Rennes was built.
1062 : Frank invasion.Rhédae as a royal city was at its peak :30000 inhabitants.
1067 : Rhédésium was sold to the House of Barcelona.
1130 :Tthe earldom of Rhedae was joined to the earldom of Carcassonne,which belonged to the Trencavel family.
1170 : Alphonse 2 of Aragon attacked Rhédae .The Trencavel family only retained the town.
13^th century : War between France and Occitanie.
Simon of Montfort got Rhédae,and gave it to Pierre de Voisins.
1215-1360 : Rhédae became once again an important city,thanks to Pierre de Voisins’s efforts.
1360 : Rhédae was attacked by " les routiers ",thiefs and brigands.
1361 : Plague epidemic.
1362 : The count of Trastamarre attacked Rhédae.
The town was destroyed …The earldom was then called " le Razès " and Rhédae,Rennes le Château.
1400 : The de Voisins’s last daughter married a lord of Marquefave.
1422 : Blanche de Marquefave married Pierre-Raymond of Hautpoul,in her dowry was the barony of Rennes.
1680 : Henri,baron of Hautpoul,took back the title of lord of Blanchefort.
1762 : The last of the Blancheforts died, his wife, Marie is left alone ( she was born as Negri Dables)
1781 : Marie d'Hautpoul, Marchionness of Blanchefort died.She was 67.