Mauguio
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| Commune of Mauguio | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 04° 00' 30" E |
| Latitude | 43° 37' 01" N |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Région | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Département | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Montpellier |
| Canton | Mauguio |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pays de l'Or |
| Mayor | Yvon Pradeille (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 0 m–51 m (avg. 3 m) |
| Land area¹ | 112.25 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
14,974 |
| - Density (1999) | 133.4/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34154/ 34130 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Mauguio is a commune of the Hérault département, in southern France.
Melguelh is the Occitan name of a French town named Melgueil in French language (today's Mauguio).
[edit] County
Melguelh was an old county from the era of the Visigoths.
List of counts:
- Aigulf I c. 750
- Amic I ? -778 (son of Aigulf)
- Robert I 778-?
- Adolf I ?-?
- Ernest I ?-?
- Eberard I ? -812
- same rulers as Barcelona 812-878
- Guillermona c. 878-920 (married with Robert of Magalona)
- Bernard I c. 920-930 (son of Guillermona)
- Berenguer I c. 930-950 (son of Bernard I)
- Bernard II c. 950-988 (son of Berenguer I)
- Name unknown c. 988-989 (son of Bernard II)
- Bernard III c. 989-1055 (son of the son of Bernard II)
- Ramón I c. 1055-1079 (son of Bernard III)
- Pere, 1079-after 1085 (son of Ramón I)
- Ramón II, ?-1120 (son of Pere )
- Bernard IV, 1120-? (son of Ramón II)
- Beatriu, c. 1130-c. 1190 (daughter of Bernard IV)
- Guillem, 1130-1135 (regent, lord of Montpellier)
- Berenguer Ramón I, 1135-1144 (count of Provence, husband of Beatriu)
- Bernard V Pelet, 1146-1170 (Lord of Ales, husband of Beatriu)
- Ramón Berenguer II 1170-1190 (son of Beatriu, associated 1170; count of Provence)
- Ermessenda, 1170-1176 (daughter of Beatriu, heir 1170; half county 1172-73)
- Pere Bermon, 1170-1172 (lord of Anduze, married with Ermessenda)
- Bertran I, 1172 (son of Beatriu, brother of Ermessenda)
- Alfons of Aragon, 1172 (by cession from Bertran I)
- Douce of Provence, 1172-1173 (daughter of Ramón Berenguer II; half county)
- Ramón III, 1173-1190 (Raymond VI of Toulouse, married to Ermessenda; full county)
To the Bishops of Magalona 1215
[edit] Transportation
The airport of Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport is located in the area of Fréjorgues in the town of Mauguio.
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