Madiran

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Madiran

(2020–2026) Fabrice Latapi^[1]Area

15.02 km² (5.80 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

426 • Density28/km² (73/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

65296 /65700

Elevation133–262 m (436–860 ft)
(avg. 128 m or 420 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Madiran (French pronunciation: [madiʁɑ̃]) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.

It is the centre of a wine-producing area.

Madiran wine

Wine is produced around Madiran under three Appellations d'Origine Contrôlées (AOCs): Madiran for powerful red wines primarily from the grape variety Tannat, Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh for sweet white wines and Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh Sec for dry white wines primarily from the grape varieties Courbu and Petit Manseng. The production area for Madiran wine, which consists of 1,300 hectares (3,200 acres) of vineyards, is spread over three departments of France—Gers, Hautes-Pyrénées, and Pyrénées-Atlantiques—and is a part of the South West France wine region.^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ CIVSO: AOC MADIRAN carte d'identité, accessed on May 17, 2008