La Caunette
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Herault | |
| Arrondissement | Beziers | |
| Canton | Saint-Pons-de-Thomières | |
| Community association | Minervois Saint-Ponais Orb-Jaur | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 21 ' N , 2 ° 47' E | |
| height | 112-483 m | |
| surface | 21.78 km 2 | |
| Residents | 306 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 14 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 34210 | |
| INSEE code | 34059 | |
 La Caunette - Église Notre-Dame |
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La Caunette ( Occitan : La Cauneta ) is a French commune with 306 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the cultural landscape of the Minervois in the Hérault department in the Occitania region .
location
La Caunette lies at an altitude of 128 meters above sea level. d. M. on the river Cesse about 43 kilometers (driving distance) west of Béziers or almost 50 kilometers northeast of Carcassonne . It is about 33 kilometers to the south-east to Narbonne . The neighboring municipality of Minerve, just three kilometers to the west, and the towns of Cesseras and Azillanet , about 10 kilometers to the southwest, are also worth seeing. The municipality is part of the Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 |
| Residents | 340 | 360 | 311 | 265 | 293 | 306 | 325 | 306 |
In the 19th century the place always had between 300 and 500 inhabitants. The phylloxera crisis and the mechanization of agriculture resulted in a persistent population decline in the first half of the 20th century.
economy
Agriculture and small crafts have shaped the economic life of the place for centuries. La Caunette is part of the Minervois wine region (AOC) , but wine sales in France have been declining since the 1990s, so that many farmers have returned to 'normal' farming.
history
It is believed that the origins of the place go back to the Visigothic times. The simple Romanesque church dates back to the 11th century.
Attractions
- The parish church ( Église Notre-Dame ) on the outskirts is mentioned for the first time in a document from 1254. However, the simple construction dates back to the 11th century, but was modified repeatedly later - the bell tower was probably only added in the 14th or 15th century. A previous building from the Visigothic period is believed to have been in the same place . The earth in the cemetery directly adjacent to the church was poured in by human hands and stabilized by dry stone walls . The church has been recognized as a monument historique since 1972 .
- The Château des Pardailhan is an unadorned two-and-a-half-storey building from the 17th or 18th century with a double external staircase.
literature
- Anne Debant: Notre-Dame de La Caunette. In: Congrès archéologique de France. 131e session. Pays de l'Aude 1973. Société Française d'Archéologie, Paris 1973, pp. 83-87.
Web links
- La Caunette, Église Notre-Dame - photos + brief information (French)
- La Caunette, Église Notre-Dame - photos + brief information (French)
- La Caunette, Château des Pardailhan - photos + information (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église Notre-Dame, La Caunette in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)