Argens-Minervois

Commune in Occitanie, France

Commune in Occitania, France

(2020–2026) Gérard Garcia^[1]Area4.59 km² (1.77 sq mi)Population353 • Density77/km² (200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation27–120 m (89–394 ft)
(avg. 39 m or 128 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Argens-Minervois is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

Geography

Argens-Minervois is located some 20 km west by south-west of Capestang and 6 km north of Lézignan-Corbières. The northern border of the commune is also the border between Aude and Hérault. Access to the commune is by the D124 road from Roubia in the east which passes through the village and continues along the bank of the Canal du Midi to join the D11 north-east of the commune. The commune is forested in the north with a large reservoir in the centre feeding the Canal du-Midi. The rest of the commune is farmland.^[3]

The Aude river forms the whole southern and western border of the commune with the Canal du Midi parallel to it in the commune on the left bank in the commune. The large reservoir in the centre of the commune feeds the Canal through the Ruisseau de l'Étang on the eastern side and an unnamed stream on the western side. The Ruisseau du Four rises in the north-east of the commune and flows under the Canal to the Aude.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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History

Heraldry

Blazon: Vairy, in fesse fusilly, all in Argent and Azure.

Administration

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List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name
2001	2008	Pierre Peyrard
2008	2020	René Lazes
2020	2026	Gérard Garcia

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Argenais or Argenaises in French.^[5]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 106 —     1800 120 +1.79% 1806 143 +2.97% 1821 197 +2.16% 1831 178 −1.01% 1836 172 −0.68% 1841 208 +3.87% 1846 221 +1.22% 1851 187 −3.29% 1856 200 +1.35% 1861 205 +0.50% 1866 232 +2.51% 1872 201 −2.36% 1876 234 +3.87% 1881 298 +4.95% 1886 327 +1.87% 1891 318 −0.56% 1896 300 −1.16%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 292 −0.54% 1906 289 −0.21% 1911 262 −1.94% 1921 247 −0.59% 1926 262 +1.19% 1931 251 −0.85% 1936 225 −2.16% 1946 199 −1.22% 1954 225 +1.55% 1962 210 −0.86% 1968 232 +1.67% 1975 210 −1.41% 1982 218 +0.54% 1990 293 +3.77% 1999 330 +1.33% 2007 374 +1.58% 2012 371 −0.16% 2017 347 −1.33%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

Economy

Viticulture: Minervois (AOC), Languedoc (AOC)

Sites and monuments

• Argens Locks
• A Château from the 14th century
• A Medieval Village
• The Church of Saint-Vincent contains two items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Bronze Ball (1607)^[8]
  • A Baptismal font^[9]

See also

• Communes of the Aude department

References

External links

• Argens-Minervois on the National Geographic Institute website (in French)
• Argens-Minervois on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Argens on the 1750 Cassini Map