Languedoc La Méjanelle

Sub-zone

Languedoc La Méjanelle is a named sub-zone of Languedoc in France, covering 669.5 ha across 4 communes. That is 0.3% of the Languedoc appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 5.1 km east of Montpellier and 31 km north-east of Sète.

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Key facts

Type: Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within: Languedoc
Category: Vin tranquille
Area: 669.5 ha
Extent N–S × E–W: 3.69 × 3.4 km
Centre: 43.6193° N, 3.9385° E

Where it is

Nearest town: 5.1 km east of Montpellier
Nearest city: 31 km north-east of Sète 40,736 people
To the sea: 8.8 km

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

Terrain

Elevation: 12–61 m
Mean elevation: 39 m
Mean slope: 3.3° (6 %)
Steepest tenth: above 6°
Faces: several directions, mostly south

Measured over the whole outline on 142,812 elevation cells of about 7 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

Unconsolidated sediments77%
Mixed sedimentary rocks23%

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

Communes · 4

Castelnau-Le-Lez
Mauguio
Montpellier
Saint-Aunes

Sources

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

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