Sète
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Coordinates: 43°24′19″N 3°41′51″E / 43.405278°N 3.6975°E
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Commune of Sète |
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 Sète from Mont St-Clair. |
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| Location | |
  Sète
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Montpellier |
| Canton | Sète-1 and Sète-2 |
| Intercommunality | Bassin de Thau |
| Mayor | François Commeinhes |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 0–176 m (0–580 ft) (avg. 4 m/13 ft) |
| Land area1 | 24.21 km2 (9.35 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 43,400 (2006) |
| - Density | 1,793 /km2 (4,640 /sq mi) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34301/ 34200 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Sète (Seta in Occitan) is a commune in the Hérault department in Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France.
Known as the Venice of Languedoc, it is a port and a sea-side resort on the Mediterranean Sea.
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[edit] History
The initial village started growing with the completion of the Canal du Midi (1681). It was called Cette until 1927.
[edit] Geography
Built upon and around Mont St Clair, Sète is situated on the south-eastern hub of the Bassin de Thau, an enclosed salt water lake used primarily for oyster and mussel fields. To its other side lies the Mediterranean.
[edit] Transport
Sète is the eastern starting point of the Canal du Midi, and the ending point of the Canal du Rhône à Sète. It is approximately 25 mins by train from Montpellier. Car ferries ply between Sète and Morocco.
[edit] Miscellaneous
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Sète was the birthplace of:
- Paul Valéry (1871-1945), author and poet of the Symbolist school
- Jean Vilar (1912-1971), actor and stage director creatot of the Avignon theatre festival
- Georges Brassens (1921-1981), singer and songwriter
- Robert Combas (born 1957), sculptor and painter
- Gregory Del Piero (born 1972), producer and DJ
- Manitas de Plata (born 1921), one of the most renowned flamenco guitarists in the world
Sète experiences on average more than 300 clear days per year.
[edit] Twin towns
Sète twinned with:
Neuburg an der Donau, Germany, since 1986.
El Jadida, Morocco, since 1992.
Cetara, Italy, since 2003.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sète, France |
- City council website (French)
- Tourist office website
- lesjouteurs.com : Le Site du Pavois d'Or et des Joutes Languedociennes
- [1] Website of panoramic photos of Sète and its region
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