Argens-Minervois

Argens-Minervois
Lock on the Canal du Midi
Coat of arms
Argens-Minervois
Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region  Argens-Minervois
Coordinates: 43°14′36″N 2°45′59″E / 43.2433°N 2.7664°ECoordinates: 43°14′36″N 2°45′59″E / 43.2433°N 2.7664°E
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Narbonne
Canton	Lézignan-Corbières
Intercommunality	Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	René Lazes
Area^1	4.59 km^2 (1.77 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	376
• Density	82/km^2 (210/sq mi)
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 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Argens-Minervois is a French commune in the Aude department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Argenais or Argenaises^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

History

Heraldry

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

Argens-Minervois panorama

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2008	Pierre Peyrard
2008	2020	René Lazes

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 376 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
106	120	143	197	178	172	208	221	187

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
200	205	232	201	234	298	327	318	300

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
292	289	262	247	262	251	225	199	225

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	-
210	232	210	218	293	330	-	376	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

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)^[4]
  • A Baptismal font^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Aude department

External links

• Argens-Minervois on the National Geoographic Institute website (French)
• Argens-Minervois on Lion1906
• Argens-Minervois on Google Maps
• Argens-Minervois on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Argens on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Argens-Minervois on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

Notes

1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

1. Inhabitants of Aude (French)
2. Google Maps
3. List of Mayors of France (French)
4. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11002888 Bronze Bell (French)
5. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11002845 Baptismal font (French)