Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Saint-Amans is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. Aude is a department in south-central France named after the river Aude. The local council also calls the department "Cathar Country". Aude is also a frequent feminine French given name in Francophone countries, deriving initially from Aude or Oda, a wife of Bertrand, Duke of Aquitaine and mother of Saint Hubertus''s brother Eudo. Aude was the name of Roland''s fiancée in the chansons de gestes.