Cabrières, Hérault

Cabrières
Commune
Site of the chateau of Cabrières

Coat of arms
Cabrières
Location within Occitanie region
Cabrières
Coordinates: 43°34′41″N 3°21′48″E / 43.5781°N 3.3633°E / 43.5781; 3.3633Coordinates: 43°34′41″N 3°21′48″E / 43.5781°N 3.3633°E / 43.5781; 3.3633
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Hérault
Arrondissement Lodève
Canton Mèze
Intercommunality Clermontais
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Francis Gairaud
Area1 29.02 km2 (11.20 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 456
 • Density 16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 34045 /34800
Elevation 76–481 m (249–1,578 ft)
(avg. 135 m or 443 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.

Cabrières is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. It is noted for its flourishing wine industry.

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Viticulture

Cabrières wine is marketed under the AOC Coteaux du Languedoc. This is the smallest of the Languedoc Roussillon appellations.

Grape varieties permitted are:

The Grenache, Mourvèdre and Syrah varieties combined must add up to a minimum of 50%.

The majority of wine production takes place in the Cave Coopérative des Vignerons de l'Estabel, which has been bottling wine since 1948. Other production wineries are Le Domaine du Temple, le Château des Deux Rocs, le Clos Romain, le Mas de Valbrune and le Mas Cauvi. All told, Cabrières wine production is restricted to 20,000 hectolitres.

Geology

The GSSP for the Tournaisian is near the summit of La Serre hill, in the commune of Cabrières, in the Montagne Noire (southern France).[1] The GSSP is in a section on the southern side of the hill, in an 80 cm deep trench, about 125 m south of the summit, 2.5 km southwest of the village of Cabrières and 2.5 km north of the hamlet of Fontès.


Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1836600—    
1841626+4.3%
1851653+4.3%
1856691+5.8%
1861731+5.8%
1866712−2.6%
1872709−0.4%
1876704−0.7%
1881629−10.7%
1886612−2.7%
1891548−10.5%
1896553+0.9%
1901570+3.1%
1906552−3.2%
1911566+2.5%
1921570+0.7%
1926545−4.4%
1931570+4.6%
1962461−19.1%
1968415−10.0%
1975364−12.3%
1982330−9.3%
1990307−7.0%
1999338+10.1%
2008456+34.9%

See also

References

  1. ↑ The GSSP was published by Paproth et al. (1991)


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