Peyriac-Minervois

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Peyriac-Minervois
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Peyriac-Minervois
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Coordinates: 43°17′32″N 2°34′05″E / 43.2922°N 2.5681°E / 43.2922; 2.5681
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Carcassonne
Canton	Le Haut-Minervois
Intercommunality	Carcassonne Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Denise Gils[1]
Area 1	10.19 km2 (3.93 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,160
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	11286 /11160
Elevation	105–221 m (344–725 ft) (avg. 137 m or 449 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Peyriac-Minervois (Peiriac de Menerbés in occitan) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Historically and cultually speaking, the commune is in the Minervois country, a land of rolling hills with a reputation for its wine production. Peyriac-Minervois is under a mediterranean climate and is drained by the Argent-Double river.

Peyriac-Minervois is a rural commune of 1 177 inhabitants in 2020, that has lived a great population increase since 1975 thanks to its position in Carcassonne's area of attraction.

Points of interest include Peyriac's castle and historical centre, the Argent-Double river's banks, as well as the monument to peace and to Louis Barthas's work.

Population

Notable residents

• anti-militarist, barrelmaker and World War I
  diarist
• Hippolyte Babou (1824-1878), journalist, critic and novelist

Gallery

See also

• Communes of the Aude department

References

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