Here are the communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales where the vines will disappear the most

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Part of the wine landscape of the Pyrénées-Orientales will soon disappear. Faced with the crisis facing French wine growers, the government proposed a plan for uprooting the vinessubsidized to the tune of 4,000 euros per hectare. Little spared by the drought, many winegrowers in the department have given up on part or all of their farms.

2,614 hectares of vines will be uprooted

The first number is: 2,614 hectares of vines will be uprooted in the Pyrénées-Orientalesannounces the Ministry of Agriculture, in a report published at the beginning of the month. 14% of the Catalan wine estate will therefore disappear from the map. In total, more than 10 million euros will be granted to wine growers in the P.-O.

In detail, we learn that 458 grubbing-up files were submitted by winegrowers in the department. Among them, 124 (i.e. 27%) opted for a total uprooting of their farm. The highest rate in the former Languedoc-Roussillon region, confirms the Regional Directorate of Food, Agriculture and Forestry (Draaf).

Which sectors are most affected?

Looking closer, seven communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales will lose more than half (or almost all) of their wine estates. Seventeen other towns and villages will see between 25% and 50% of their vines disappear. News Perpignan established the lists.

Between 50% and 100% of vines uprooted:

• cranes
• Canohès
• Castelnau
• Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts
• Villelongue-dels-Monts
• Alenya
• Corneilla-del-Vercol

Between 25% and 50% of vines uprooted:

• Molitg-les-Bains
• meadows
• Bouleternère
• Boxes
• Corbère-les-Cabanes
• Oms
• Taillet
• Belesta
• Estagel
• The Soler
• Toulouges
• Llupia
• Furnaces
• Villeneuve-de-la-Raho
• Saint-Cyprien
• Elne
• Palau-del-Vidre

Other emblematic wine-growing sectors of the department are also affected by this grubbing-up plan. In Salanque and Fenouillèdesthe municipalities of Baixas, Rivesaltes, Salses-le-Château, Opoul-Perillos, Tautavel, Rasiguères will lose between 15% and 25% of their vineyard area. Just like the sector of Aspres, with Passa, Tresserre, Llauro and Terrats.

On the other hand, the crisis seems contained on the Côte Vermeille, with “only” 5% maximum grubbing up in Collioure and Port-Vendres, and 0% in Banyuls-sur-Mer. You can view the full map here.

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