Saint-Mont

Saint-Mont
Vineyards Vineyards
Coat of arms of Saint-Mont Coat of arms
Saint-Mont
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Saint-Mont
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Mirande
Canton	Riscle
Intercommunality	Monts et vallées de l'Adour
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Petit
Area1	12.59 km2 (4.86 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	299
• Density	24/km2 (62/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	32398 / 32400
Elevation	89–165 m (292–541 ft) (avg. 130 m or 430 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.

Saint-Mont is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	379	—
1968	364	−4.0%
1975	351	−3.6%
1982	348	−0.9%
1990	322	−7.5%
1999	319	−0.9%
2008	299	−6.3%

Saint-Mont wine

Wines are produced under the VDQS designation Saint-Mont and the area's vineyards are part of the South West France wine region. This VDQS, created in 1981, was previously called Côtes de Saint-Mont, before the name was changed in 2007.

The vineyards have a surface of 785 hectares, the VDQS designation is only valid for delimited vineyards where red, rosé and white wines are produced.

For red and rosé wine: Tannat, Fer, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc.

For white wine: Arrufiac, Gros Manseng, Petit Manseng, Courbu, Clairette Blanche.

The soil is mainly siliceous earth, clay and sand.

See also

• Communes of the Gers department
• French wine

References

• INSEE