Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
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Commune of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, showing the Gellone monastery |
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| Location | |
| Longitude | 03° 33' 02" E |
| Latitude | 43° 44' 05" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Montpellier |
| Canton | Aniane |
| Mayor | Jacques Andrieux (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 54 m–812 m (avg. 89 m) |
| Land area¹ | 38.64 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
245 |
| - Density (1999) | 6/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34261/ 34150 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² 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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Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert (in Occitan Sant Guilhèm dau Desèrt) is a commune of the Hérault département, in southern France.
Situated in the narrow valley of the Gellone river where it meets the steep sided gorge of the Hérault River, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert is essentially a mediaeval village located on the Chemin de St Jacques (St James' Way) pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostella. The village has maintained its historic state. Because of its isolation, in 806 Saint Guilhem established here the monastery of Gellone.
[edit] External links
- http://www.saint-guilhem-le-desert.com/ Official site
- Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert The town, the abbey and their founder: descriptions, history, photographs, weblinks.
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