Saint-Jean-de-Minervois

Saint-Jean-de-Minervois

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Saint-Jean-de-Minervois

Coordinates: 43°23′14″N 2°50′00″E / 43.3872°N 2.8333°E / 43.3872; 2.8333Coordinates: 43°23′14″N 2°50′00″E / 43.3872°N 2.8333°E / 43.3872; 2.8333
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department Hérault
Arrondissement Béziers
Canton Saint-Pons-de-Thomières
Intercommunality Pays Saint-Ponais
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Francis Barthes
Area1 32.7 km2 (12.6 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 139
  Density 4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 34269 / 34360
Elevation 159–778 m (522–2,552 ft)
(avg. 280 m or 920 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.

Saint-Jean-de-Minervois is a commune in the Hérault department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France.

When it was created in 1908, this commune's name was Saint-Jean-de-Pardailhan.

Its name was changed in 1936 to allow a better marketing of its famous muscat wine, the Muscat de Saint-Jean-de-Minervois, recognized since 1949.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962164    
1968182+11.0%
1975151−17.0%
1982146−3.3%
1990135−7.5%
1999115−14.8%
2008139+20.9%

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