Lignan-sur-Orb

Lignan-sur-Orb
Commune
Statue of the Virgin at Lignan-sur-Orb
Coat of arms
Location of Lignan-sur-Orb
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Coordinates: 43°23′05″N 3°10′16″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Béziers
Canton	Béziers-2
Intercommunality	Béziers Méditerranée
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Jean-Claude Renau
Area 1	3.41 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population  (2017)	3,199
• Density	940/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Lignanais, Lignanaises
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34140 /34490
Elevation	9–86 m (30–282 ft) (avg. 28 m or 92 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lignan-sur-Orb is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France.

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Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	2,932	—
2007	2,929	−0.1%
2008	2,917	−0.4%
2009	2,906	−0.4%
2010	2,897	−0.3%
2011	2,888	−0.3%
2012	2,931	+1.5%
2013	2,922	−0.3%
2014	2,980	+2.0%
2015	3,038	+1.9%
2016	3,097	+1.9%
2017	3,199	+3.3%

Politics

Presidential Elections Second Round:

Election		Winning Candidate	Party	%
style="background-color: Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" |	2017	Marine Le Pen	FN	58.91
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2012	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	57.43
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2007	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	61.02
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" |	2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	68.28

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department

References

• INSEE