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Country
  
France

Department
  
Hérault

Intercommunality
  
Vallée de l'Hérault

Area
  
29.85 km²

Arrondissement
  
Lodève

Region
  
Occitanie

Canton
  
Gignac

Population (2011)
  
5,515

Local time
  
Monday 10:44 PM

Gignac, Hérault

Weather
  
13°C, Wind NW at 16 km/h, 72% Humidity

Gignac (in Occitan Ginhac) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Contents

Map of 34150 Gignac, France

Population

Its inhabitants are called Gignacois.

Sights

  • Gignac Bridge over the Hérault River, completed 1810.
  • Church of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
  • "Tour sarrasine" tower

    • 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 Château de Berny. He lived in the Château de Gignac.

    • References

    Gignac, Hérault Wikipedia
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