Saint-Gély-du-Fesc

Saint-Gély-du-Fesc
Commune
A general view of Saint-Gély-du-Fesc
Coat of arms
Saint-Gély-du-Fesc
Location within Occitanie region  Saint-Gély-du-Fesc
Coordinates: 43°41′35″N 3°48′24″E / 43.6931°N 3.8067°E / 43.6931; 3.8067Coordinates: 43°41′35″N 3°48′24″E / 43.6931°N 3.8067°E / 43.6931; 3.8067
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Lodève
Canton	Saint-Gély-du-Fesc
Intercommunality	Pic-Saint-Loup
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Mm.Leynou
Area1	16.51 km2 (6.37 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	8,495
• Density	510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	34255 /34980
Elevation	71–264 m (233–866 ft) (avg. 116 m or 381 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-Gély-du-Fesc is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

The origin of this city is from Saint Gilles, a Christian of the 8th century, and Fesc means « control post » in Occitan language.

In 2004, the city has decided to leave the Agglomeration community of Montpellier Agglomération.

Population

Saint-Gély-Du-Fesc demographic historgram

Personalities

George Brassens died in this city, in 1981.

Places and monuments

• Archeological site of the "Vautes", of "Rouergas", and of the "Colline de l'Homme Mort" (dead men hill), who left traces from the neolithic. (4000 years B-C).
• Church of Saint-Gilles; on top of the steeple, the iron bell tower contains a bell cassified "MH", dating from 1759.
• Coulondres-Philippe-Eldridge parc, an 18 hectares site where one can observe several mediterranean species, as well as a botanical path.

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department

References

• INSEE

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