Gignac, Hérault
Gignac | ||
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Notre Dame de Grâce | ||
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Gignac | ||
Location within Occitanie region Gignac | ||
Coordinates: 43°39′N 3°33′E / 43.65°N 3.55°ECoordinates: 43°39′N 3°33′E / 43.65°N 3.55°E | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Occitanie | |
Department | Hérault | |
Arrondissement | Lodève | |
Canton | Gignac | |
Intercommunality | Vallée de l'Hérault | |
Government | ||
• Mayor (2014–2020) | Jean François Soto | |
Area1 | 29.85 km2 (11.53 sq mi) | |
Population (2011)2 | 5,515 | |
• Density | 180/km2 (480/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 34114 / 34150 | |
Elevation | 28–286 m (92–938 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. |
Gignac (in Occitan Ginhac) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Population
Its inhabitants are called Gignacois.
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1962 | 2,540 | — |
1968 | 2,746 | +8.1% |
1975 | 2,848 | +3.7% |
1982 | 3,228 | +13.3% |
1990 | 3,652 | +13.1% |
1999 | 3,955 | +8.3% |
2008 | 5,165 | +30.6% |
2011 | 5,515 | +6.8% |
Sights
- Gignac Bridge over the Hérault River, completed 1810.
- Church of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
- "Tour sarrasine" tower
Personalities
- Antoine de Laurès (1708–1779), writer, friend of Voltaire, translator into French of Pharsalia by Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus), and author of La fête de Cythère, a one-act opera created on 19 November 1753 at the Château de Berny. He lived in the Château de Gignac.
Map
See also
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gignac (Hérault). |
- Official site (French)
- Gignac on the Quid site (French)
- Position of Gignac on a map of France
- Map of Gignac on Mapquest
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