Malves-en-Minervois

Malves-en-Minervois Malvas
region	Occitania
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Carcassonne
Canton	La Vallée de l'Orbiel
Community association	Carcassonne Agglo
Coordinates	43 ° 15 ′  N , 2 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 15 ′  N , 2 ° 26 ′  E
height	100-194 m
surface	4.88 km 2
Residents	854 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	175 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	11600
INSEE code	11215
Château de Malves

Malves-en-Minervois ( Occitan : Malvas ) is a southern French municipality with 854 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aude department in the Occitanie region .

location

Malves-en-Minervois is located very close to the Clamoux River in the Minervois landscape, about 12 kilometers (driving distance) northeast of Carcassonne and 18 kilometers southwest of Rieux-Minervois . The place Laure-Minervois with its Gothic church St-Jean-Baptiste is about ten kilometers to the northeast.

Population development

year	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2016
Residents	295	322	536	708	755	746	850

economy

The fields in the vicinity of the village are mainly used for agriculture. Viticulture is also carried out; both white and red wines are produced.

history

No information is available on the history of Malves. However, it can be assumed that the region - similar to what has been demonstrated for the neighboring municipality of Laure-Minervois - was already settled in Gallo-Roman times.

Attractions

Menhir

• The Château de Malves is located on the eastern edge of the village and is a late medieval fortification from the 14th / 15th century, closed on three sides. Century with subsequent alterations from the 16th to 18th centuries. The building with its distinctive round corner towers is now partially used as a hotel or hostel. It has been under protection as a Monument historique since 1947 .
• About 500 meters west of the village stands a menhir of Malves that rises about five meters above ground level .
• Also a little outside the village are some stone huts ( capitelles or cabanes ) built from dry stone , which in earlier times offered farmers and / or shepherds protection and shelter. According to local tradition, the small buildings with an outer diameter of around two meters are not arched, but have a cover made of branches that are then weighted down with stones.

Web links

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

• Malves - City Hall website (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Château, Malves-en-Minervois in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)