In the 6th Century the village already existed, in the shelter of an existing fortification. Gregory of Tours reports that, in order to avoid looting and pillage, a certain lady Dentoria ceded the fortress to Theodebert, a Frank, in 553 AD. She subsequently gave him a son, Theodebald, who later became the King of the Austrasians.

Fragments of flooring, the remains of houses, a hearth and certain ceramic objects have been found from this period.
In 870 AD, Cabrières is already mentioned as the regional centre for the administration of the law.

During the 11th and 12th Centuries the Château was occupied by an influential family, with a strong Frank lineage, named Guillelmides. They were descended from the Duc de Guilhem, who was related to Charlemagne
and who founded the monastery of 'Gellone' (Saint Guilhem le Désert). At the foot of the hills, a new village began to develop.

The family ensconced at Cabrières were dispossessed during the Albigensian Crusade and around 1260 the Château housed a Royal garrison. At the time of the Hundred Years' War the site, a stronghold much prized, close to the fairs at Pézenas and Montagnac, was attacked by brigands on several occasions.

From the second half of the 14th Century the village was virtually abandoned, but a hundred years later, with the arrival of peace, a new community began to establish itself and to build new houses. A close study of the furniture, seeds, bones and charred wood uncovered from this time reveal that the villagers were rearing animals and creating animal by-products such as milk, cheese and wool, as well as transporting goods by mule. The disruption caused by the Religious Wars led to the total desertion of the original village and, with the Château in ruins, newcomers chose to settle alongside the river Boyne, the site of the present village.