Bize-Minervois

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Bize-Minervois
Coat of arms of Bize-Minervois
Bize-Minervois (France)
Bize-Minervois
region Occitania
Department Aude
Arrondissement Narbonne
Canton Le Sud-Minervois
Community association Le Grand Narbonne
Coordinates 43 ° 19 ′  N , 2 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 19 ′  N , 2 ° 52 ′  E
height 34–323 m
surface 20.8 km 2
Residents 1,185 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 57 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 11120
INSEE code
Website www.bize-minervois.fr

Avenue de la Gare

Bize-Minervois is a French commune with 1,185 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aude department in the Occitanie region .

geography

Bize-Minervois is located north of Narbonne in the Cessetal . The north of the municipality is in the Minervois . Neighboring municipalities are in the north Saint-Jean-de-Minervois , Assignan and Villespassans , Cruzy , Montouliers and Argeliers in the east, Ginestas and Sainte-Valière in the south, Mailhac , Aigues-Vives and Agel in the west.

history

In the north of the municipality, Paul Tournal found the oldest known human remains at the time in the Las Fonts caves in 1827 . It has been proven that Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon humans lived in the caves. The name Bize was first mentioned around the year 1000. From the end of the 19th century, large wineries and wine castles were built.

Population development

1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009 2016
1,001 921 783 807 875 1072 1169

Attractions

  • Cave Las fonts when historique monument classified
  • Église Saint-Michel, which was built in the 18th century
  • Porte Saint-Michel, part of the fortress wall, built in the Middle Ages
  • Wine castles, built at the end of the 19th century

Economy and Infrastructure

Former Bize station (2013)

Departementale 5, which leads from Béziers to Carcassonne , is located south of the municipality . Other smaller streets lead to the neighboring communities.

Bize has a train station on the Narbonne – Bize line . This line was opened on July 4, 1887. Passenger traffic had to be stopped in 1939. Nowadays there is still sporadic freight traffic. The station building is now used as an Occitan school.

The municipality is located in the Minervois wine region. Tourism also plays an important role.

Web links

Commons : Bize-Minervois  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Paul Tournal on wiki-narbonne.fr
  2. Le Village ( Memento of the original dated December 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on ville-bize-minervois.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ville-bize-minervois.com
  3. Data from INSEE  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 665 kB)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.statistiques-locales.insee.fr  
  4. Ligne de Narbonne à Bize on lignes-oubliees.com
  5. L'Ecole Occitane ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on ville-bize-minervois.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ville-bize-minervois.com