Aniane

Aniane , in Occitan Anhana is a common French, located in the department of the Herault and the area Languedoc-Roussillon. Its inhabitants is called Anianais.

Geography

Located at the end of the throats of Herault and at the beginning of the valley of Harault, Aniane was always a crossroads. Located at 35 km in the North-West of Montpellier, Aniane is with 36m of altitude.

Coordinates: .

History

When in 777, Saint Benoit chose the wild edges of a brook to establish its monastery, it called this brook " Aniene" or small " Anio" , to souvernir some of the Italian river " Anio" on the edges of which Holy Benoit de Nursie, founder about the Benedictines, had built his monastery. Such is the origin of the name Aniane.

In 782, the emperor Charlemagne helped soon Benoît to build abbey who was dedicated to St Saver.

In 1503, an epidemic of plague decimates the population.

In 1545, an outburst of violence falls down on the country. The religious buildings are plundered and ruined.

In 1562, it is the complete destruction of the abbey.

In 1721, freezing destroys all the agriculture of the area, only thrive the very many tanneries until the end of 19th (which ceased any beginning activity 20th)

In 1925, the cooperative wine cave the Treillised vineyards, on the initiative of the small wine growers of Aniane is born and is always in activity.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

  • the abbey rested by saint Benoit d' Aniane, vassal of Charlemagne into 784,
  • the penitent ones,
  • the medieval laundrettes where one washes still,
  • the tunnel and the viaduct of the time of gold of the railroad,
  • the bridge of the devil (older medieval bridge of France) connecting the abbey of Gellone and that of Aniane
  • the war memorial takes again a sentence of the War memorials pacifist, it is a sentence in patois: “Will guerra It that one vougut is will guerra it with the guerra/His per deaths will nostra will terra and per touta will terra it”. That is to say: “the war that they wanted is the war with the war/died for our ground and all the ground”. I.e. for all humanity.

Personalities related to the commune

  • Gerard Depardieu planted in Aniane of the vines and made there a wine of reserve.

Economy

  • Vine growing

Located near two Abbeys of world famous Gellone and Saint Benoit, Aniane offers wines of great quality. The diversity of its soils if coveted makes it possible to produce a wide range energy of the local wine to the wine of appellation contr4ol3ee which will charm you. These products result from an old tradition of more than 1000 years.

  1. Farmhouse Daumas Gassac # Capion Castle # Field of the Conquests # the Barn of the Fathers
  2. the Farmhouse of Serrane # Field of Barralets # Cross of saint Privat
  3. Farmhouse Laval # Vault soils of Aniane # the Cellar of Aprovin

  • Olives

The ROOMS establishments were founded in 1920 by Etienne ROOMS with for objective the collection, the preparation and the marketing of olives of country with Aniane, centers geographical of an important production of olives of table. The sale was made out of barrels of chestnuts from where in parallel an activity of cooperage. An important turning is taken in 1956 following the damage of the French olive groves by freezing. The production being overdrawn, one imported olives of Algeria then, then of Morocco. In the Seventies, the company widens in an industrial way its manufacture with the condiments (gherkins, capers, onions alternatives). The evolution of the profession directed us towards a Moroccan partner " Agro signal Export " in Marrakech with which we produce all varieties of olives limp about it and out of barrels. Other conditionings (sachets, bottles) being realized in France. The company, in spite of its industrial evolution remained, among most important, one of only to maintain its activity of origin: confectionery and the marketing of olives of country.

  • Tourism

One of the main activities estival of Aniane is tourism. There are two camp-sites of which a naturist.

See too

  • Common of Herault

External bonds

  • Official site of the village
  • Aniane on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Aniane on the site of INSEE
  • the Club of Anianais
  • Aqueduct of the Channel of Herault with Aniane (decouverte34.com)
  • Aniane on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Aniane on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Aniane on Mapquest

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