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Saint Gély du Fesc

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Hérault

Intercommunality
  
Pic-Saint-Loup

Area
  
16.51 km²

Arrondissement
  
Montpellier

Region
  
Occitanie

Canton
  
st Gely

Population (2008)
  
8,495

Local time
  
Tuesday 8:45 PM

Saint-Gély-du-Fesc

Weather
  
16°C, Wind W at 14 km/h, 68% Humidity

Saint-Gély-du-Fesc is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Contents

Map of 34980 Saint-G%C3%A9ly-du-Fesc, 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.

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.

    • References

    Saint-Gély-du-Fesc Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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