Gignac, Hérault

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Gignac
Commune
Notre Dame de Grâce
Notre Dame de Grâce
Coat of arms of Gignac
Coat of arms
Location of Gignac
Gignac is located in France
Gignac
Gignac
Coordinates: 43°39′N 3°33′E / 43.65°N 3.55°E / 43.65; 3.55Coordinates: 43°39′N 3°33′E / 43.65°N 3.55°E / 43.65; 3.55
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentHérault
ArrondissementLodève
CantonGignac
IntercommunalityVallée de l'Hérault
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-François Soto[1]
Area
1
29.85 km2 (11.53 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[2]
6,340
 • Density210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
34114 /34150
Elevation28–286 m (92–938 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gignac (French pronunciation: ​[ʒiɲak]; Occitan: Ginhac) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Population[]

Its inhabitants are called Gignacois.[3]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19622,540—    
19682,746+8.1%
19752,848+3.7%
19823,228+13.3%
19903,652+13.1%
19993,955+8.3%
20085,165+30.6%
20115,515+6.8%

Sights[]

Personalities[]

  • Antoine de Laurès (1708–1779), writer, friend of Voltaire, translator into French of Pharsalia by Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus), and author of La fête de Cythère, a one-act opera created on 19 November 1753 at the . He lived in the Château de Gignac.

Map[]

Map

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Gignac (34150), Hérault". Intern@ute.

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