Saint-Jean-de-Cornies - Grand Pic Saint-Loup tourist office

Bus - Line 611
Historic heritage

Between the Petite Camargue and the Pic Saint-Loup, the village of Saint-Jean-de-Cornies was established on one of the many puechs that rise in an area of Montpellier garrigue, planted with vines.

Saint-Jean-de-Cornies grew from a very small nucleus of settlement with gardens established around the small Romanesque church, a former dependency of the nearby castle of Montlaur (commune of Montaud) which fell to the Baron of Murles at the end of the 15th century. It was in the 12th century that the two side chapels were built, now forming the arms of the transept.

The nave was built in the 19th century by encroaching on the old cemetery. The church has a clock (late 19th century) with two dials and a common mechanism.

Little is known about this small village on the wine-growing plain, situated away from the main communication routes.

Like other villages, Saint-Jean-de-Cornies only really developed with the intensification of vine growing in the 18th and especially 19th centuries. However, there was a Gallo-Roman villa not far from the current centre, proving that the area was occupied for a long time.