Madiran

Madiran
Coat of arms
Madiran
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Madiran
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Tarbes
Canton	Castelnau-Rivière-Basse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Francis Dutour
Area1	15.02 km2 (5.80 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	536
• Density	36/km2 (92/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	65296 / 65700
Elevation	133–262 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Madiran is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.

It is the centre of a wine producing area.

Madiran wine

Main article: 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.

See also

• French wine
• Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department

References

• INSEE