Gigean

Gigean
Gigean
Commune
	Abbey St Félix de Montceau.
	Coat of arms
	Location of Gigean
	Gigean Gigean
	Coordinates: 43°30′01″N 3°42′42″E / 43.5003°N 3.7117°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Montpellier
Canton	Frontignan
Intercommunality	CA Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Francis Veaute
Area 1	16.56 km2 (6.39 sq mi)
Population (2021)	6,565
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34113 /34770
Elevation	10–232 m (33–761 ft) ; (avg. 44 m or 144 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gigean is a commune in the Hérault département in Occitanie in southern France.

Geography

Gigean is bordered by the Étang de Thau to its west, the Gardiole hills to its south and by a wine growing plain, which runs from the Moure Hills to the edge of Montpellier.

Gigean is 18 km (11 mi) from Montpellier and 14 km (8.7 mi) from Sète.

The A9 autoroute exchange is 2 km (1.2 mi) south, which runs to the A75 33 km (21 mi) 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 and Balaruc-le-Vieux.

Population

Its inhabitants are called Gigeannais

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,704	—
1968	1,847	+8.4%
1975	2,135	+15.6%
1982	2,021	−5.3%
1990	2,529	+25.1%
1999	2,214	−12.5%
2010	5,687	+156.9%

Sights

Saint Félix-de-Montceau: 13th century abbey, a listed monument historique since 1925, now in ruins,^[2] situated on the Gardiole hills.
Église Saint Genis: 13th century church.

References

^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Ministry of Culture: Ancienne abbaye Saint-Félix-de-Montceau (in French)

External links

(in French) Official site
(in French) "Gigean-village" Information about the commune
(in French) Abbey

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[popleg2021-1] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[2] Ministry of Culture: Ancienne abbaye Saint-Félix-de-Montceau (in French)

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