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Saint-Gély-du-Fesc

Coordinates: 43°41′35″N 3°48′24″E / 43.6931°N 3.8067°E / 43.6931; 3.8067
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Saint-Gély-du-Fesc
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Saint-Gély-du-Fesc is located in France
Saint-Gély-du-Fesc
Saint-Gély-du-Fesc
Saint-Gély-du-Fesc is located in Occitanie
Saint-Gély-du-Fesc
Saint-Gély-du-Fesc
Coordinates: 43°41′35″N 3°48′24″E / 43.6931°N 3.8067°E / 43.6931; 3.8067
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentHérault
ArrondissementLodève
CantonSaint-Gély-du-Fesc
IntercommunalityGrand Pic Saint-Loup
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Michèle Lernout[1]
Area
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16.51 km2 (6.37 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
10,537
 • Density640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
34255 /34980
Elevation71–264 m (233–866 ft)
(avg. 116 m or 381 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Gély-du-Fesc (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒeli dy fɛsk]; Occitan: Sant Geli dau Fesc) is a commune in the Hérault department, Occitania, southern 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.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 305—    
1800 284−1.01%
1806 354+3.74%
1821 308−0.92%
1831 352+1.34%
1836 377+1.38%
1841 386+0.47%
1846 448+3.02%
1851 450+0.09%
1856 501+2.17%
1861 566+2.47%
1866 603+1.27%
1872 650+1.26%
1876 566−3.40%
1881 515−1.87%
1886 511−0.16%
1891 534+0.88%
1896 632+3.43%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 667+1.08%
1906 641−0.79%
1911 609−1.02%
1921 642+0.53%
1926 632−0.31%
1931 552−2.67%
1936 547−0.18%
1946 548+0.02%
1954 505−1.02%
1962 528+0.56%
1968 907+9.44%
1975 2,055+12.39%
1982 3,714+8.82%
1990 5,936+6.04%
1999 7,625+2.82%
2007 8,337+1.12%
2012 9,222+2.04%
2017 9,795+1.21%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Personalities

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Georges Brassens died in this city, in 1981.

Places and monuments

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  • 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 classified "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.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Gély-du-Fesc, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE