Cabrières | |
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 Site of the chateau of Cabrières | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Cabrières | |
  Cabrières  Cabrières | |
| Coordinates:43°34′41″N3°21′48″E / 43.5781°N 3.3633°E /43.5781; 3.3633 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Lodève |
| Canton | Mèze |
| Intercommunality | Clermontais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Myriam Gairaud[1] |
Area 1 | 29.02 km2 (11.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 556 |
| • Density | 19.2/km2 (49.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34045 /34800 |
| Elevation | 76–481 m (249–1,578 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Cabrières (French pronunciation:[kabʁijɛʁ];Languedocien:Cabrièiras) is acommune in theHéraultdepartment in southernFrance. It is noted for its flourishing wine industry.
Cabrières wine is marketed under theAOCCoteaux du Languedoc. This is the smallest of theLanguedoc Roussillon appellations.
Grape varieties permitted are:
The Grenache, Mourvèdre and Syrah varieties combined must add up to a minimum of 50%.
The majority of wine production takes place in theCave Coopérative des Vignerons de l'Estabel, which has been bottling wine since 1948. Other production wineries areLe Domaine du Temple,le Château des Deux Rocs,le Clos Romain,le Mas de Valbrune andle Mas Cauvi. All told, Cabrières wine production is restricted to 20,000 hectolitres.
TheGSSP for theTournaisian is near the summit of La Serre hill, in thecommune of Cabrières, in theMontagne Noire (southernFrance).[3] The GSSP is in a section on the southern side of the hill, in an 80 cm deep trench, about 125 m south of the summit, 2.5 km southwest of the village of Cabrières and 2.5 km north of the hamlet ofFontès.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 415 | — |
| 1975 | 364 | −1.86% |
| 1982 | 330 | −1.39% |
| 1990 | 307 | −0.90% |
| 1999 | 338 | +1.07% |
| 2009 | 467 | +3.29% |
| 2014 | 483 | +0.68% |
| 2020 | 549 | +2.16% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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