Vignevieille (;
Languedocien
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: ''Vinhavièlha'') is a
commune in the
Aude
Aude ( ; ) is a Departments of France, department in Southern France, located in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region and named after the river Aude (river), Aude. The departmental council also calls it " ...
department in southern
France
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.
Geography
The commune is located in the
Corbières Massif
The Corbières Massif ( ; ; ) is a mountain range in the Pre-Pyrenees. It is the only true foothill of the Pyrenees on their northern side.
Geography
The Corbières are a mountain region in the Languedoc-Roussillon in southeastern France, loc ...
.
The village lies on the right bank of the
Orbieu
The Orbieu (; ) is an long river in the Aude '' département'', in south central France. Its source is at Fourtou, in the Corbières Massif. It flows generally northeast. It is a right tributary of the Aude into which it flows between Raissac-d' ...
, which flows northeast through the commune.
Population
Its inhabitants are called ''Vignevieillais'' in French.
Sights
* Ruins of the
Château de Durfort
*
Fountain
A fountain, from the Latin "fons" ( genitive "fontis"), meaning source or spring, is a decorative reservoir used for discharging water. It is also a structure that jets water into the air for a decorative or dramatic effect.
Fountains were o ...
built in 1897. The round basin is of pink
marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) that have recrystallized under the influence of heat and pressure. It has a crystalline texture, and is ty ...
from the Pic de Berles
quarry
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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
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.
See also
*
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 ...
*
Communes of the Aude department
The following is a list of the 433 Communes of France, communes of the Aude Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
Communes of Aude
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