Barbaira (; ) is a commune in the

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department in the Occitanie region of southern

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Geography

Barbaira is located in the

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, at the foot of Mount Alaric in the urban area of

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some east of the city. Access to the commune is by the D6113 road from

Floure Floure (; ) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. The journalist and writer Gaston Bonheur (1913–1980) is buried in Floure where he owned the castle. Population See also * Corbières AOC * Communes of the Aude departme ...

in the west which passes through the north of the commune and the village before continuing east to Capendu. The

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passes through the centre of the commune from west to east but there is no exit in the commune. The nearest exit is Exit some to the west of the commune which links to the D6113. A railway passes through commune and the village from west to east but has no station in or near the commune. The commune is farmland in the north with the slopes of the mountain in the south forested.Google Maps
/ref> The Aude river forms the northern border of the commune as it flows east to join the

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south-west of Valras-Plage. Several streams rise in the south of the commune and flow north to join the Aude including the ''Ruisseau de la Pelliere''. The ''Ruisseau de Saint-Jean'' rises in the far south-east of the commune and flows north then east to join the ''Ruisseau de la Tuilerie''.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive

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;

from 1936

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Barbairanais'' or ''Barbairanaises'' in French.

Economy

Industry

There is a Compressor station for the TIGF

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network.

Agriculture

The commune is part of the zone for the qualitative names: *Vin de pays des coteaux de Miramont (

Vin de Pays ''Vin de pays'' (; 'country wine') was a French wine classification that was above the '' vin de table'' classification, but below the ''appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (AOC) classification and below the former '' vin délimité de qualité ...

from the slopes of Miramont) *Vignoble de la Montagne d'Alaric (

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s of Mount Alaric) which is part of the

Corbières AOC Corbières () is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for wine in the Languedoc-Roussillon, France, and it is this region's largest AOC, responsible for 46 per cent of the region's AOC wine production in 2005. Red wine dominates the prod ...

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

*The remains of the Chateau of Miramont (

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) are registered as an historical monument.

Religious heritage

*The Church of Saint-Julien-Sainte-Basilisse (12th century) is registered as an historical monument. The Church contains two items that are registered as historical objects: **A

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(18th century) **A Statue: Virgin and child (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy

Notable people linked to the commune

*Chabert de Barbeira

References

External links

Barbaira on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Barbaira'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
{{Authority control Communes of Aude