Vignevieille

Vignevieille
Commune
Ruins of the chateau of Durfort
Coat of arms
Location of Vignevieille
Vignevieille Vignevieille
Coordinates: 43°00′24″N 2°31′30″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Narbonne
Canton	Les Corbières
Intercommunality	Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Olivier Vernede
Area 1	16.72 km2 (6.46 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	106
• Density	6.3/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	11409 /11330
Elevation	190–694 m (623–2,277 ft) (avg. 228 m or 748 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vignevieille (French pronunciation: [viɲ.vjɛj] ^ⓘ; Languedocien: Vinhavièlha) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. Its inhabitants are called Vignevieillais.

Geography

The commune is located in the Corbières Massif.

The village lies on the right bank of the Orbieu, which flows northeast through the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 240 —     1800 240 +0.0% 1806 300 +25.0% 1821 299 −0.3% 1831 372 +24.4% 1836 306 −17.7% 1841 341 +11.4% 1846 346 +1.5% 1851 312 −9.8% 1856 301 −3.5% 1861 310 +3.0% 1866 282 −9.0% 1872 272 −3.5% 1876 248 −8.8% 1881 221 −10.9% 1886 292 +32.1% 1891 246 −15.8%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 242 −1.6% 1901 212 −12.4% 1906 210 −0.9% 1911 204 −2.9% 1921 183 −10.3% 1926 152 −16.9% 1931 158 +3.9% 1936 110 −30.4% 1946 127 +15.5% 1954 120 −5.5% 1962 92 −23.3% 1968 112 +21.7% 1975 95 −15.2% 1982 78 −17.9% 1990 75 −3.8% 1999 72 −4.0% 2008 99 +37.5%

Sights

• Ruins of the Château de Durfort
• Fountain built in 1897. The round basin is of pink marble from the Pic de Berles quarry situated in the communes of Vignevieille and Salza. At the centre is a column with the inscription: République Française, 1897, Jouve. The fountain runs permanently, even in drought.

See also

• Corbières AOC
• Communes of the Aude department