 The first documented mention of a settlement called "Cucuniano" is a record of a gift of land from Roger I, Count of Carcassonne to the Abbey of Lagrasse in the year 951.In the 13th century, during the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars, the Lord of Cucugnan participated in the Cathar resistance before he was forced to submit to King Louis IX.In 1495, Cucugnan was destroyed by the Spanish invaders and a new village grew up around the ruined medieval village.