7 facts about the town of Carcassonne

1. The town has a land area of 25.13 square miles
2. In 453 the Visigothic king Theodoric II held the town
3. Although in France, the official language of the town is Occitan
4. In 2004 the town was a starting point for a stage of the Tour de France
5. Portions of the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves were shot in Carcassonne
6. The fortification of the town consists of a double ring of ramparts and 53 towers
7. A German board game by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede is named after the town