France · AOC
Grés de Montpellier
Appellation
Grés de Montpellier is an appellation in France, covering 4,645.7 ha across 44 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.
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Key facts
- Type
- AOC
- Category
- Vin tranquille
- Area
- 4,645.7 ha
- Extent N–S × E–W
- 41.81 × 53.8 km
- Centre
- 43.7312° N, 4.0524° E
- INAO office
- Montpellier
Where it is
- Nearest town
- 9 km north-west of Lunel
- Nearest city
- 19 km north-east of Montpellier 248,252 people
- To the sea
- 19 km
- Same latitude
- Hokkaido (Japan), Prince Edward County (Canada), Snake River Valley (United States)
Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain
- Elevation
- 2–321 m
- Mean elevation
- 93 m
Measured over the whole outline on 6,313 elevation cells of about 111 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Bedrock
- Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)60%
- Mixed sedimentary rocks35%
Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 44
Show all 44
- Assas
- Aumelas
- Beaulieu
- Boisseron
- Campagne
- Castelnau-Le-Lez
- Castries
- Combaillaux
- Cournonsec
- Cournonterral
- Entre-Vignes
- Garrigues
- Gignac
- Guzargues
- Juvignac
- Laverune
- Lunel
- Lunel-Viel
- Mauguio
- Montagnac
- Montbazin
- Montpellier
- Murviel-Les-Montpellier
- Pignan
- Plaissan
- Poussan
- Prades-Le-Lez
- Restinclieres
- Saint-Aunes
- Saint-Bauzille-De-La-Sylve
- Saint-Bauzille-De-Montmel
- Saint-Clement-De-Riviere
- Saint-Drezery
- Saint-Genies-Des-Mourgues
- Saint-Georges-D'Orques
- Saint-Pargoire
- Saint-Pons-De-Mauchiens
- Saint-Series
- Saturargues
- Sussargues
- Vailhauques
- Vendemian
- Villeneuve-Les-Maguelone
- Villeveyrac
Wineries · 5
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Sources
INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)
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