Saint-Jean-de-Minervois

Saint-Jean-de-Minervois
A general view of Saint-Jean-de-Minervois
Coat of arms
Saint-Jean-de-Minervois
Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region Saint-Jean-de-Minervois
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Béziers
Canton	Saint-Pons-de-Thomières
Intercommunality	Pays Saint-Ponais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Francis Barthes
Area1	32.7 km2 (12.6 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	139
• Density	4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	34269 / 34360
Elevation	159–778 m (522–2,552 ft) (avg. 280 m or 920 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Jean-de-Minervois is a commune in the Hérault department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France.

When it was created in 1908, this commune's name was Saint-Jean-de-Pardailhan.

Its name was changed in 1936 to allow a better marketing of its famous muscat wine, the Muscat de Saint-Jean-de-Minervois, recognized since 1949.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	164	—
1968	182	+11.0%
1975	151	−17.0%
1982	146	−3.3%
1990	135	−7.5%
1999	115	−14.8%
2008	139	+20.9%

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department

References

• INSEE