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In south of the Holy Country Ponais, in cases of Minervois, this village perpetuates its agricultural vocation by a harvest festival where lon can relive the ancestral work of the mower, assembly of the gerbiers, beating, then to take part in the traditional pastoral meal.
If you visit the small Romance church, you do not astonish by the Christ of African.
A child of the country, Jean Remi Bessieux, was the first bishop of Gabon. A fresco evokes its African ground mission.
For the hikers and the fishermen, to follow the brook of Brian celebrates for his trouts.

HISTORY
Vélieux is located close to the large canyons of Briant.
In 1318, the grounds of Vélieux are attached to Saint-Pons of Thomières.
To the XVIIIème century, Vélieux will be attached to the châtellenie of Minerve.