Cabrières, Hérault

Cabrières (Languedocien: Cabrièiras) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. It is noted for its flourishing wine industry.

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Cabrières
Commune
Site of the chateau of Cabrières
Coat of arms
Location of Cabrières
Cabrières Cabrières
Coordinates: 43°34′41″N 3°21′48″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Lodève
Canton	Mèze
Intercommunality	Clermontais
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jacques Guelton
Area ^1	29.02 km^2 (11.20 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	475
• Density	16/km^2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Viticulture

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

Grape varieties permitted are:

• White : Bourboulenc, Roussanne, Marsanne, Clairette, Terret
• Rosé : Grenache (10% maximum when blended) or Cinsaut (45% minimum for rosés; 40% maximum for reds)
• Red : Carignan, Grenache, Mourvèdre and Syrah.

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).[2] 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

Year Pop. ±% 1836 600 —     1841 626 +4.3% 1851 653 +4.3% 1856 691 +5.8% 1861 731 +5.8% 1866 712 −2.6% 1872 709 −0.4% 1876 704 −0.7% 1881 629 −10.7% 1886 612 −2.7% 1891 548 −10.5% 1896 553 +0.9% 1901 570 +3.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1906 552 −3.2% 1911 566 +2.5% 1921 570 +0.7% 1926 545 −4.4% 1931 570 +4.6% 1962 461 −19.1% 1968 415 −10.0% 1975 364 −12.3% 1982 330 −9.3% 1990 307 −7.0% 1999 338 +10.1% 2008 456 +34.9%

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. The GSSP was published by Paproth et al. (1991)