@randomfrenchcities: Montaillou is a French commune in the south-east of the Ariège department in the Occitanie region. The commune has a population of 17 and is located 30 km (18.6 mi) south-east of Foix. Historically and culturally, the commune is part of the Sabarthès region, structured by the upper Ariège valley upstream from the Foix region. Montaillou has a rich history linked to Catharism, recounted by historian Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie in Montaillou, village occitan de 1294 à 1324. The town’s architectural heritage includes a building protected as a historic monument: the château, listed in 1984. #fyp #foryou #foryoupage #tiktok #geography #maps #france #french #smalltown #pyrenees #cathare #payscathare #occitanie #ariege #montaillou #castle #foix #countryside #landscape #trip #roadtrip #frenchtown #random #randomtown #randomcity #cities #town