Félines-Minervois

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Félines-Minervois
Felina de Menerbés
Coat of arms of Félines-Minervois
Félines-Minervois (France)
Félines-Minervois
region Occitania
Department Herault
Arrondissement Beziers
Canton Saint-Pons-de-Thomières
Community association Minervois Saint-Ponais Orb-Jaur
Coordinates 43 ° 20 ′  N , 2 ° 36 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 20 ′  N , 2 ° 36 ′  E
height 143-916 m
surface 29.87 km 2
Residents 478 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 34210
INSEE code
Website Félines-Minervois

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Félines-Minervois ( Occitan : Felina de Menerbés ) is a place and a municipality in the south of France with 478 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Béziers and the canton of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières (until 2015: canton of Olonzac ). The inhabitants are called Félinois .

location

Félines-Minervois is the westernmost municipality in the Hérault department. It is located in the Minervois countryside about 24 kilometers northeast of Carcassonne . Félines-Minervois is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Cassagnoles in the north, La Livinière in the east, Peyriac-Minervois and Trausse in the south, Caunes-Minervois in the west and south-west, Citou in the west and north-west and Lespinassière in the north-west. The municipality is part of the Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 546 530 467 428 394 389 371 478
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Dolmen
  • Assomption-de-Notre-Dame (Assumption) church from the 17th century
  • Castle ruins

Web links

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