Madiran
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
| Arrondissement | Tarbes | |
| Canton | Val d'Adour-Rustan-Madiranais | |
| Community association | Adour Madiran | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 33 ′ N , 0 ° 4 ′ W | |
| height | 133-262 m | |
| surface | 15.02 km 2 | |
| Residents | 418 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 28 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 65700 | |
| INSEE code | 65296 | |
 Detail of the Sainte-Marie church |
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Madiran is a French commune with 418 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Tarbes and the Val d'Adour-Rustan-Madiranais .
geography
The municipality is located around 35 kilometers northeast of the city of Pau on the border with the neighboring Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Aquitaine region . Neighboring communities are:
- Castelnau-Rivière-Basse in the northeast,
- Hères in the east,
- Soublecause in the southeast,
- Bétracq in the south (Département Pyrénées-Atlantiques),
- Arrosès in the west (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) and
- Saint-Lanne in the northwest.
The municipality is drained by the Bergons River , a tributary of the Adour , in a northerly direction.
history
The place is first mentioned in writing in 1088 in documents relating to the parish of the place, which are kept in the archives of the Jesuits of Toulouse .
Attractions
- Église Sainte-Marie , 11th century church - Monument historique
Viticulture in Madiran
The Madiran wine-growing region is divided into communes within the Gers , Hautes-Pyrénées and Pyrénées-Atlantiques departments.
The appellation is located in the southwest of the Sud-Ouest wine-growing region and is one of the oldest wine-growing regions in France. It was already classified as an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC for short) on July 11, 1948 and previously generally called Vic-Bilh. Today the appellation applies exclusively to the red wines made in the region, while the region's white wines fall under the Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh appellation .
Viticulture has been known since Roman times, as evidenced by a mosaic in the municipality of Taron-Sadirac-Vialenave. When monks took care of viticulture in Madiran from 1030 onwards, the red wine made here was quickly considered the wine of pilgrims who traveled to Santiago de Compostela on the famous pilgrimage route of the "Camino de Santiago" or the Way of St. James .
The vineyards with almost 1,400 hectares of vineyards are mainly planted with the Tannat variety , which was probably brought from Bordeaux by monks. In the past, it was mistakenly assumed that winegrowers from Burgundy had a significant influence.
Tannat produces a deeply dark, tannin-rich and extremely long-lived red wine that can be marketed after 12 months of barrel storage at the earliest. Since the 1970s, the proportion of tannat has been limited to a minimum of 40 - 100% in favor of the Cabernet Franc , Cabernet Sauvignon or Fer Servadou varieties .
By far the best-known winemaker in the region is Alain Brumont with his wineries Château Montus, Château Bouscassé and Domaine Berthoumieu.
Partner municipality
Madiran combines a partnership with Badarán in the region Rioja in Spain .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église Sainte-Marie in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)