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Saint-Pons-de-Thomières |
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Saint-Pons-de-Thomières
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| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Béziers |
| Canton | Saint-Pons-de-Thomières |
| Intercommunality | Pays Saint-Ponais |
| Mayor | Kléber Mesquida (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 273–1,026 m (896–3,366 ft) (avg. 301 m/988 ft) |
| Land area1 | 40.99 km2 (15.83 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 2,121 (2008) |
| - Density | 52 /km2 (130 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34284/ 34220 |
| 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. | |
Saint-Pons-de-Thomières is a commune in the Hérault department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France.
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It is named after its patron saint, St. Pontius (Pons de Cimiez in French), martyr under Emperor Valerian, who is venerated throughout the diocese of Montpellier.
The Abbey of St-Pons was founded in 936 by Raymond, Count of Toulouse, who brought thither the monks of St. Géraud d'Aurillac.
By a papal bull of 18 February 1318, Pope John XXII raised the abbey to an episcopal see.
A Brief of 16 June 1877 authorized the bishops of Montpellier to call themselves bishops of Montpellier, Béziers, Agde, Lodève, and Saint-Pons, in memory of the different dioceses united in the present Diocese of Montpellier.
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 2900 | 3267 | 3117 | 2733 | 2566 | 2287 | 2121 |