Issel, Aude

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Issel
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Issel
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Coordinates: 43°22′05″N 1°59′26″E / 43.3681°N 1.9906°E / 43.3681; 1.9906
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Carcassonne
Canton	Le Bassin chaurien
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Henri Poisson[1]
Area 1	17.66 km2 (6.82 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	484
• Density	27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	11175 /11400
Elevation	160–340 m (520–1,120 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Issel (French pronunciation: [isɛl] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Issèl) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

The village is laid out in the form of a circulade. It is positioned on the edge of an area of wooded hills, some 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Castelnaudary.