 In Occitan the village is known as "Fabresàn"

In the Middle Ages the village was a fief held by the Viscounts of Narbonne.In 1382 during the Tuchin Revolt, Beatrix, the wife of Aimery VI, Viscount of Narbonne, and her children were besieged at Fabrezan by the citizens of Narbonne.Most of the 12th century keep from the original castle in which she was besieged still exists, but an upper floor was dismantled in 1628 and the "" is now only 30 meters high.