Gignac, Hérault

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

Gignac
Commune
Notre Dame de Grâce
Coat of arms
Location of Gignac
Gignac
Gignac
Coordinates: 43°39′N 3°33′E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
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. 2019)[2]
6,480
 • Density220/km2 (560/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.

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
  • Gignac Bridge over the river Hérault, 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.

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 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  3. "Gignac (34150), Hérault". Intern@ute.


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