Malves-en-Minervois
Malves-en-Minervois Malvas |
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Aude | |
Arrondissement | Carcassonne | |
Canton | La Vallée de l'Orbiel | |
Community association | Carcassonne Agglo | |
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
- 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
- Malves - City Hall website (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Château, Malves-en-Minervois in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)