- Gigean
Commune française|nomcommune=Gigean
region=Languedoc-Roussillon
department=Hérault
arrondissement=Montpellier
canton=Mèze
insee=34113
cp=34770
maire=Henri Barthelemy
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Thau
longitude=3.71166666667
latitude=43.5002777778
alt moy=44 m
alt mini=10
alt maxi=232 m
hectares=1656
km²=16,56
sans=4756
date-sans=1999
dens=214Gigean is a commune in the
Hérault departement inLanguedoc-Roussillon in southernFrance .Its inhabitants are called "Gigeannais".Geography
Gigean is bordered by the
Étang de Thau to its west, the highlands ofGardiole to its south and by a wine growing plain, which runs from the Moure Hills to the edge ofMontpellier .Gigean is 18 km from Montpellier and 14 km from
Sète .The A9 autoroute exchange is 2 km south, which runs to the A75 33 km away at
Clermont-l'Hérault .The climate is
Mediterranean : warm and dry in the sumer, mild in the winter. Autumn is often marked by rain and heavy wind.Neighboring communes
Poussan ,Montbazin ,Cournonsec ,Fabrègues ,Vic-la-Gardiole ,Frontignan andBalaruc-le-Vieux .Administration
Demography
Places of interest
*Saint Félix de Montceau: 10th century Abbey, now in ruins, situated on the
Gardiole hills.
*Église Saint Genis XI RT from the 13th century.ee also
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Communes of the Hérault department References
"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."
External links
*fr [http://www.ville-gigean.fr/index.php Site officiel de Gigean]
*fr [http://www.gigean.com "Gigean-village" - Site d'information en pays gigeannais]
*fr [http://www.decouverte34.com/Abbaye-Saint-Felix-de-Montceau Abbaye Saint-Félix-de-Montceau à Gigean (decouverte34.com)]
*fr [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=35405 Gigean sur le site de l'Institut géographique national]
*fr [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=34113&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Gigean sur le site de l'Insee]
*fr [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Gigean Gigean sur le site du Quid]
*fr [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=340113 Localisation de Gigean sur une carte de France et communes limitrophes]
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