Aude is a department at south-central France named following the Aude River. The confined council of the department also called as "Cathar Country”. Aude is positioned among the Mediterranean Sea and the Pyrenees Peak. Each innate region of the Aude has its own particular landscape. Aude is under the authority of a Mediterranean climate. The autumn is distinguished by violent and short storms. The summer is habitually hot and dry, which is favorable to the culture of the vine and the olive-trees. Aude is an agricultural terrain dominated by vineyards. Industrial activity is well-built in the upper valley of the Aude.

The Aude is a French department of the region Languedoc-Roussillon, whose name comes from the river coastal Aude. This department is located in the south of France and its chief city Carcassonne, famous for its city, a medieval walled city double wall very well preserved. The Aude has a strong wine production while grain lauragais face great difficulties. The Aude is part of the region Languedoc-Roussillon. It borders the departments of Pyrénées-Orientales in the south of the Ariège in the south-west of the Haute-Garonne in the north-west of the Tarn to the north and the Hérault in the northeast.