Saint-Étienne-de-Gourgas

Saint-Étienne-de-Gourgas

Cirque du Bout du Monde
Saint-Étienne-de-Gourgas

Coordinates: 43°46′14″N 3°22′42″E / 43.7706°N 3.3783°ECoordinates: 43°46′14″N 3°22′42″E / 43.7706°N 3.3783°E
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon
Department Hérault
Arrondissement Lodève
Canton Lodève
Intercommunality Lodévois-Larzac
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Lionel Micola
Area1 19.43 km2 (7.50 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 449
  Density 23/km2 (60/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 34251 / 34700
Elevation 240–762 m (787–2,500 ft)
(avg. 380 m or 1,250 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.

Saint-Étienne-de-Gourgas is a commune in the Hérault department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France.

Geography

Saint-Étienne-de-Gourgas is known for the "Cirque du Bout du Monde" which was formed from a meander in the Ruisseau de la Bronzinadouïre that cut deeply into the plateau of the Causse du Larzac leaving the monumental chalk cliffs.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962221    
1968233+5.4%
1975212−9.0%
1982254+19.8%
1990253−0.4%
1999308+21.7%
2008449+45.8%

See also

References

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