Peyriac-Minervois | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Peyriac-Minervois 11.svg |
Arrondissement: | Carcassonne |
Canton: | Le Haut-Minervois |
Insee: | 11286 |
Postal Code: | 11160 |
Mayor: | Denise Gils[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Carcassonne Agglo |
Coordinates: | 43.2922°N 2.5681°W |
Elevation M: | 137 |
Elevation Min M: | 105 |
Elevation Max M: | 221 |
Area Km2: | 10.19 |
Peyriac-Minervois (Peiriac de Menerbés in occitan) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
Historically and culturally speaking, the commune is in the Minervois country, a land of rolling hills with a reputation for its wine production. Peyriac-Minervois is under a mediterranean climate and is drained by the Argent-Double river.
Peyriac-Minervois is a rural commune of 1 177 inhabitants in 2020, that has lived a great population increase since 1975 thanks to its position in Carcassonne's area of attraction.
Points of interest include Peyriac's castle and historical centre, the Argent-Double river's banks, as well as the monument to peace and to Louis Barthas's work.