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Languedoc Saint-Saturnin

Sub-zone

Languedoc Saint-Saturnin is a named sub-zone of Languedoc in France, covering 814.4 ha across 4 communes. That is 0.3% of the Languedoc appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 5.7 km north-west of Gignac and 32 km north-west of Montpellier.

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Key facts

Type
Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within
Languedoc
Category
Vin tranquille
Area
814.4 ha
Separate plots
156
Extent N–S × E–W
7.43 × 3.2 km
Centre
43.6728° N, 3.4857° E

Where it is

Nearest town
5.7 km north-west of Gignac
Nearest city
32 km north-west of Montpellier 248,252 people
To the sea
35 km

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
98–470 m
Mean elevation
197 m
Mean slope
6.3° (11 %)
Steepest tenth
above 18°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 44,439 elevation cells of about 14 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 4

Sources

INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)

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