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Aigues-Vives | |
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Coordinates: 43°13′55″N 2°32′03″E / 43.2319°N 2.5342°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Aude |
Arrondissement | Carcassonne |
Canton | Le Haut-Minervois |
Intercommunality | Carcassonne Agglo |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Pierre Oms[1] |
Area 1 | 10.21 km2 (3.94 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 543 |
• Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 11001 /11800 |
Elevation | 55–109 m (180–358 ft) (avg. 55 m or 180 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Aigues-Vives (French pronunciation: [ɛɡ viv] ; Occitan: Aigas Vivas) is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
Aigues-Vives is located in the north-east of Aude department in the Minervois area some 50 km west by north-west of Narbonne and 14 km east by north-east from Carcassonne. It is traversed by Highway D206 going north-east from Badens through the heart of the commune and the town and continues north-east out of the commune to Rieux-Minervois. Highway D57 also traverses the commune from Laure-Minervois in the north intersecting the Highway D206 in the town of Aigues-Vives and continuing south to join the east-west D610 highway.
The commune is entirely farmland except for the town and a hill on the western edge. There are a few scattered buildings but no villages or towns other than Aigues-Vives. The Ruisseau de Puits flows from the hill in the west to north of the town where it joins the Canal Nord. There are a few other streams in the commune including the Reals, the Mirausse, the Genet, the Mijane, the Canet, the Neuf, the Canal Sud, and the Rigole d'Aigues-Vives.[3]
The first document attesting to the existence of Aigues-Vives was transcribed from the Latin Aquaviva in 994, although some say 993. It was an exchange between Udulgarius, Abbot of Caunes (Minervois) and Roger Trencavel, Viscount of Carcassonne.
Blazon: Bendy sinister of 4 Or and Vert.
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List of Successive Mayors of Aigues-Vives[4]
From | To | Name |
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1610 | Pierre Durand | |
1629 | Guandalgues | |
1680 | Poudoum | |
1715 | Charle Pierson | |
1732 | Jacques Souleze | |
1734 | Charles Turcy | |
1736 | Antoine Linieres | |
1738 | Jean Souleze | |
1745 | Brousses | |
1755 | Jean Brousses | |
1758 | Brel | |
1792 | 1793 | Marc Roquefere |
1793 | 1795 | Claude Gouiric |
1795 | 1821 | Marc Roquefere |
1821 | 1821 | Barthélémy Bedon |
1821 | 1826 | Jacques Pages |
1826 | 1831 | Guillaume Amouroux |
1831 | 1835 | Jean Gaches |
1835 | 1843 | Guillaume Amouroux |
1843 | 1846 | Guillaume Amouroux (nephew) |
1848 | 1864 | Jean Gaches |
1864 | 1870 | François Gaches |
1870 | 1874 | Joseph Cabrol |
1874 | 1880 | François Gaches |
1880 | 1892 | Bernard Pages |
1892 | 1900 | Célestin Luc |
1900 | 1929 | Eugène Ressier |
From | To | Name | Party |
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1929 | 1944 | Maurice Gleizes | |
1944 | 1946 | Emile Bonnafous | |
1946 | 1959 | Paul Caveriviere | |
1959 | 1965 | Georges Marc | |
1965 | 1977 | Jean-Pascal Andure | |
1977 | 1981 | Jean-Paul Combes | |
1981 | 1989 | Gabriel Chevalier | PS |
1989 | 2001 | Jean-Pascal Andure | FN |
2001 | 2020 | Jean-Louis Cassignol | DVD |
2020 | 2026 | Jean-Pierre Oms |
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aigues-Vivois or Aigues-Vivoises in French.[5]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 518 | — |
1975 | 514 | −0.11% |
1982 | 480 | −0.97% |
1990 | 464 | −0.42% |
1999 | 481 | +0.40% |
2007 | 504 | +0.59% |
2012 | 527 | +0.90% |
2017 | 584 | +2.08% |
Source: INSEE[6] |
Viticulture: Minervois AOC, Coteaux de peyriac,[7] and Languedoc AOC. Its territory is planted with olive trees, apple trees, and rice.
The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
The commune has one religious building that is registered as an historical monument:
In 1902, thanks to the Mayor, Eugene Ressier, Aigues-Vives became an electrified village. The STMF (Société Méridionale de Transport de Force), which was founded in 1900 by Joachim Estrade, installed electricity in the village.
Each year on the second Saturday in October, the "Cavinades" festival is held where winemakers offer tastings of their wine - white, rosé or red from the wine country Coteaux de Peyriac and Minervois.
On the following day each year there is also a celebration for apples, wine and rice.