Argens-Minervois

Argens-Minervois
Commune
Lock on the Canal du Midi
Coat of arms
Location of Argens-Minervois
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Coordinates: 43°14′36″N 2°45′59″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Narbonne
Canton	Le Lézignanais
Intercommunality	CC Région Lézignanaise Corbières Minervois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Garcia[1]
Area ^1	4.59 km^2 (1.77 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	353
• Density	77/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	11013 /11200
Elevation	27–120 m (89–394 ft) (avg. 39 m or 128 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (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

Arms of Argens-Minervois

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

Argens-Minervois panorama

Administration

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

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Google Maps
4. List of Mayors of France (in French)
5. Le nom des habitants du 11 - Aude, habitants.fr
6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Argens-Minervois, EHESS (in French).
7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11002888 Bronze Bell (in French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11002845 Baptismal font (in French)

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