Gigean

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Gigean
Abbey St Félix de Montceau.

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Gigean
Coordinates: 43°30′01″N 3°42′42″E / 43.5003°N 3.7117°E / 43.5003; 3.7117Coordinates: 43°30′01″N 3°42′42″E / 43.5003°N 3.7117°E / 43.5003; 3.7117
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon
Department Hérault
Arrondissement Montpellier
Canton Mèze
Intercommunality Bassin de Thau
Government
 • Mayor (20081–2014) Francis Veaute
Area
 • Land1 16.56 km2 (6.39 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Population2 5,687
 • Population2 Density 340/km2 (890/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 34113 / 34770
Elevation 10–232 m (33–761 ft)
(avg. 44 m or 144 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.

Gigean is a commune in the Hérault département in Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France.

Its inhabitants are called Gigeannais.

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Geography

Gigean is bordered by the Étang de Thau to its west, the Gardiole hills to its south and by a wine growing plain, which runs from the Moure Hills to the edge of Montpellier.

Gigean is 18 km (11 mi) from Montpellier and 14 km (8.7 mi) from Sète.

The A9 autoroute exchange is 2 km (1.2 mi) south, which runs to the A75 33 km (21 mi) away at Clermont-l'Hérault.

The climate is Mediterranean: warm and dry in the sumer, mild in the winter. Autumn is often marked by rain and heavy wind.

Neighboring communes

Poussan, Montbazin, Cournonsec, Fabrègues, Vic-la-Gardiole, Frontignan and Balaruc-le-Vieux.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 1,704—    
1968 1,847+8.4%
1975 2,135+15.6%
1982 2,021−5.3%
1990 2,529+25.1%
1999 2,214−12.5%
2010 5,687+156.9%

Sights

  • Saint Félix-de-Montceau: 13th century abbey, a listed monument historique since 1925, now in ruins,[1] situated on the Gardiole hills.
  • Église Saint Genis: 13th century church.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ministry of Culture: Ancienne abbaye Saint-Félix-de-Montceau (French)

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