Vendres
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Vendres
|commune status = Commune
|image = Vendres eglise St-Etienne.JPG
|caption = The church of Vendres
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Vendres (Hérault).svg
|arrondissement = Béziers
|canton = Béziers-1
|INSEE = 34329
|postal code = 34350
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Domitienne
|coordinates = {{coord|43.2706|3.225|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 25
|elevation min m = 0
|elevation max m = 64
|area km2 = 37.8
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Vendres ({{IPA|fr|vɑ̃dʁ}}; Languedocien: Vèndres) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-34329#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |879
|1975 |781
|1982 |885
|1990 |1230
|1999 |1549
|2007 |2047
|2012 |2542
|2017 |2702
}}
Sights
The French Ministry of Culture lists three sites with protection as a monument historique.{{Search Mérimée|34329}}
- The Château de Vendres, a 13th-century castle, has been protected as a monument historique since 1926. The remains include the curtain wall and a fortified gateway.{{Base Mérimée|PA00103745|Château}}
- The so-called Temple of Venus is a Roman villa, protected as a monument historique since 1935.{{Base Mérimée|PA00103746|Vestiges de la villa de Primuliac}} The inhabitants of Vendres would like to think that the name of the village is derived from the goddess."Visite du temple de Vénus", Midi Libre (Béziers edition), 22 July 2013, p. 2 The villa seems to have been constructed in the first century AD on a site that dominates the present lagoon, though then the open sea. Excavated in the 17th century by Dominique de Bonsi, the site has since been interpreted in very different ways. The myth of a temple was an early 20th century idea, originated by Félix Mouret; Fernand Benoit suggested a salting works in 1965. Monique Clavel-Lévêque suggested in 1970 that the site was a rather luxurious villa and the latest excavations, by Ludovic Le Roy in 2008, confirm this view.Information board in village centre The site was built on a raised level to permit under floor heating. It underwent several alterations between the 1st and 5th centuries.Information board on site
- The remains of the so-called Roman aqueduct probably date more accurately to the 17th century. They have been protected as a monument historique since 1926.{{Base Mérimée|PA00103744|Aqueduc dit aqueduc romain}}
File:Vendres villa.JPG|Roman villa
File:Vendres aqueduct.jpg|"Roman" aqueduct
See also
References
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{{Commons category|Vendres}}
{{Hérault communes}}
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