Alignan-du-Vent
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Alignan-du-Vent Alinhan del Vent |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Herault | |
| Arrondissement | Beziers | |
| Canton | Pézenas | |
| Community association | Béziers Méditerranée | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 28 ′ N , 3 ° 21 ′ E | |
| height | 32-120 m | |
| surface | 17.30 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,737 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 100 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 34290 | |
| INSEE code | 34009 | |
 Alignan-du-Vent - Église Saint-Martin |
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Alignan-du-Vent ( Occitan : Alinhan del Vent ) is a place and a municipality in the south of France with 1737 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hérault department in the Occitania region .
location
The circular village ( Circulade ) Alignan-du-Vent lies at an altitude of about 95 meters above sea level. d. M. about 25 kilometers (driving distance) northeast of Béziers or almost eight kilometers west of Pézenas . The village of Escattes also belongs to the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1039 | 912 | 1022 | 1110 | 1134 | 1317 | 1737 |
Until the 1990s, the population of the municipality remained essentially constant. Due to the relative proximity to the city of Béziers and the significantly lower property prices in the countryside, there has been a significant increase in the population in recent years.
economy
In earlier times, the residents of the village lived largely on self-sufficiency from agriculture, with both grain and wine being grown. In addition, they ran a little cattle (pigs, chickens, etc.). As in many places in Languedoc , viticulture dominated in the 19th century; the local winegrowers' cooperative markets the wine produced here through the appellations Côtes de Thongue , Pays d'Herault and Pays d'Oc . Because of the sales crisis for French wine, however, only about half of the agricultural land is still viniculture; on the other half, grain ( wheat , maize ) and sunflowers are grown again.
history
Several sites ( Camp Nègre, La Prade, Le Travers, Grauzan and Saint Jean ) are known from Roman times . In the High Middle Ages, the inhabitants settled around the castle ( château of) landlord family Servian on.
Attractions
- The old town center of Alignan-du-Vent belongs to the type of Circulades - round villages that were built around a core consisting of a castle and / or church for defense reasons and whose outer house front served as a replacement for an expensive city wall.
- In the center of the village is the so-called Tour wisigothe - an almost windowless defensive tower , which refers back to the existence of a medieval castle and whose current shape dates from the 15th century.
- In the town center there are still a few houses from the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance .
- The parish church ( Église Saint-Martin ), which is not in the center of the village, was originally a Romanesque building, but was expanded and redesigned several times (13th, 17th and 19th centuries). The central nave still has a Romanesque character. The church building was recognized as a monument historique in 1998 .
- A water pump built in 1820 and operated with a bucket wheel was in operation until 1960. It also served as a cattle trough ( abreuvoir ).
- In the square near the church there is a wrought-iron cross with a rooster on a stone base.
- A windmill stood on a 113 meter high hill in the area, but only the stump has survived .
- The former Saint-Martial priory outside the village has been converted into a hotel.
Web links
- Alignan-du-Vent, history and sights - photo video with information (French)
- Alignan-du-Vent, Wine - Info (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église Saint-Martin, Alignan-du-Vent in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)