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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
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Coordinates: 43°39′N 3°33′E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Lodève
Canton	Gignac
Intercommunality	Vallée 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
• Density	220/km2 (560/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34114 /34150
Elevation	28–286 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

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,746	—
1975	2,848	+0.52%
1982	3,228	+1.81%
1990	3,652	+1.55%
1999	3,955	+0.89%
2007	5,059	+3.13%
2012	5,654	+2.25%
2017	6,200	+1.86%
Source: INSEE[4]

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

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department

References

External links

• Official site (in French)

На других языках

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[de] Gignac (Hérault)

Gignac (okzitanisch: Ginhac) ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 6480 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Hérault in der Region Okzitanien; sie gehört zum Arrondissement Lodève und zum Kanton Gignac. Die Einwohner werden Gignacois genannt.

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- [en] Gignac, Hérault

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