🏙 Towns & cities
Carcassonne
French commune in Aude, Occitania
🇫🇷 France · 43.2158, 2.3514
Carcassonne is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Carcassonne, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 4 more.
1 production was filmed at 1 place inside Carcassonne rather than at Carcassonne itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“A second unit filmed the medieval walls and towers of the Cité de Carcassonne in the town of Carcassonne in Aude, France, for the portrayal of Nottingham and its castle.”
Movies filmed in Carcassonne
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Carcassonne as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 1991
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The Lion in Winter
1968
“The film was shot at Ardmore Studios in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland, and on location in Ireland, Wales (Marloes Sands), and France at Abbaye de Montmajour, Arles; Château de Tarascon, Carcassonne; and Saône-et-Loire.” Wikipedia
- The Sucker 1965
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Labyrinth
2012–
“A German-South African co-production, the two-part series was filmed on location in the medieval town of Carcassonne in southwest France and Cape Town, South Africa.” Wikipedia
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Carcassonne
1 production shot at 1 place inside Carcassonne, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Carcassonne itself.
- The Musketeer Cité de Carcassonne per Wikipedia 2001
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Cité de Carcassonne
🇫🇷 France
medieval citadel
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Château de Puivert
🇫🇷 France
castle
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🏙 Towns & cities
Azille
🇫🇷 France
commune in Aude, France
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🏙 Towns & cities
Rennes-le-Château
🇫🇷 France
commune in Aude, France
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Carcassonne?
7 productions are recorded as filmed in Carcassonne, 1 of them at places inside it, including Les Visiteurs (1993), Kazimierz Wielki (1976) and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). 4 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Carcassonne?
Les Visiteurs (1993), covered by 38 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Carcassonne?
Carcassonne is in France, at 43.2158, 2.3514.
What other filming locations are near Carcassonne?
Cité de Carcassonne, Château de Puivert, Azille and Rennes-le-Château, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.