Sète
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Sète is a commune of France, in the Hérault département. It is a port on the Mediterranean Sea. Population: 40,220.
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[edit] History
The initial village started growing with the completion of the Canal du Midi (1681). It was called Cette until 1927.
[edit] Geography
- Area: 34.20 km²
- Altitude: 4 m
Built upon & around Mont St Clair, Sète is situated on the south-eastern hub of the Bassin de Thau, an enclosed salt water lake used primarily for oyster and mussel fields. To its other side lies the Mediterranean.
[edit] Transport
Sète is the eastern starting point of the Canal du Midi. 25 mins by train from Montpellier
[edit] Miscellaneous
Sète was the birthplace of:
- Paul Valéry (1871-1945), author and poet of the Symbolist school
- Georges Brassens (1921-1981), singer and songwriter
Sète is a partner city with Neuburg an der Donau and experiences on average more than 300 clear days per year.
[edit] External links
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- City council website (in French)
- Tourist office website
- sete shopping & life website (in French)
- Sète, "Venice of Languedoc"
- FC SÈTE 34 football club website (in French)
- Photos of Sète
- 34 photos from Sète
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