Mireval

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Mireval

(2020–2026) Christophe Durand^[1]Area

11.05 km² (4.27 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,302 • Density300/km² (770/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

34159 /34110

Elevation0–196 m (0–643 ft)
(avg. 5 m or 16 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mireval (French pronunciation: [miʁval]; Occitan: Miravau) is a commune in the Hérault department in Occitanie in southern France. Vic-Mireval station has rail connections to Narbonne, Montpellier and Avignon.

It is famous for its muscat wine, the Muscat de Mireval, about which François Rabelais wrote at the beginning of the 16th century.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	781	—
1975	839	+1.03%
1982	1,105	+4.01%
1990	2,355	+9.92%
1999	3,049	+2.91%
2007	3,151	+0.41%
2012	3,272	+0.76%
2017	3,283	+0.07%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Gallery

The village and, in the foreground, the Muscat vineyard

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE