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- Country
- France
- Region
- Occitania
- Department
- Hérault
- Arrondissement
- Béziers
- Canton
- Saint-Pons-de-Thomières
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Didier Vordy
- Area
- 27.89 km (10.77 sq mi)
- Density
- 3.5/km (9.1/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 34158 /34210
- Elevation
- 137–604 m (449–1,982 ft) , (avg. 227 m or 745 ft)
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- Official name
- Minerve
- Demonym
- Minervois
- Population
- 98
- Area
- 27.89
- Elevation
- 340
- Official website
- www.minerve-occitanie.fr
- Image
- Minerve juin 2005 3.jpg
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- Commons category
- Minerve
- postal code
- 34210
- Commons gallery
- Minerve (Hérault)
- native label
- Minerve
- male population
- 56
- female population
- 65
- P8168
- Chelsea Art Museum
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-68-91-22-92
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Travel guide
Understand
thumb|The gorges of the River Briant Historically, Minerve has been the capital of the Minervois wine region.
Minerve is a small village perched on a rocky outcrop, a true natural oppidum formed by the canyons of the two rivers which converge here: the Cesse and its tributary the Briant (or Brian). Two natural tunnels, the "Pont Grand", 228 m long and varying in height from 6 m to 28 m (at the entrance), and the "Pont Petit", located upstream of the Cesse, 126 m long and with an average height of 15 m , are among the most beautiful geological sites in the Hérault.
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Candela — castle wall, 13th century Main bridge The ramparts. thumb|Saint-Étienne church The so-called “Templars” gate, rue des Martyrs. The barbican. The low door (late 13th century) and the prison tower. The leper colony. The bridge-viaduct of the beginning of the 20th century. There is also a replica of the catapult known as the Malvoisine, as well as the sculpture of a dove (by Jean-Luc Séverac, an artist from Capestang), a monument commemorating the Cathar victims (1210).
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Minerve ( French pronunciation: [minɛʁv] ; Occitan: Menèrba) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. It is the namesake of the Minervois wine region.
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