Saint-Mont

Saint-Mont
Saint-Mont
Commune
	Vineyards in Saint-Mont
	Coat of arms
	Location of Saint-Mont
	Saint-Mont Saint-Mont
	Coordinates: 43°39′08″N 0°08′57″W / 43.6522°N 0.1492°W
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Mirande
Canton	Adour-Gersoise
Intercommunality	Monts et vallées de l'Adour
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Petit
Area 1	12.59 km2 (4.86 sq mi)
Population (2021)	308
• Density	24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	32398 /32400
Elevation	89–165 m (292–541 ft) ; (avg. 130 m or 430 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Mont is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.

Geography

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	379	—
1968	364	−4.0%
1975	351	−3.6%
1982	348	−0.9%
1990	322	−7.5%
1999	319	−0.9%
2008	299	−6.3%

Saint-Mont wine

Wines are produced under the VDQS designation Saint-Mont and the area's vineyards are part of the South West France wine region. This VDQS, created in 1981, was previously called Côtes de Saint-Mont, before the name was changed in 2007.^[2] In 2011, following the abolition of the VDQS system, the wine was granted AOP status ^[3]

The vineyards have a surface of 785 hectares, the VDQS designation is only valid for delimited vineyards where red, rosé and white wines are produced.

For red and rosé wine: Tannat, Fer, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc.

For white wine: Arrufiac, Gros Manseng, Petit Manseng, Courbu, Clairette Blanche.

The soil is mainly siliceous earth, clay and sand.