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| Hérault department | |
| Capital | Montpellier |
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| Residents | 1.159.220 (2018) |
| surface | 6,224 km² |
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Herault is a Departemént in the region Languedoc-Roussillon in France with the serial number 34. It has a longer coast to the south-east and borders the Mediterranean Sea Aude in the south, Camouflage in the West, Aveyron in the northwest and Gard.
Regions
places
- Montpellier is the prefecture (administrative seat) of the department and capital of the region.
- Agde
- Beziers
- Lodève
- Olargues: medieval town with narrow streets, Romanesque bell tower and Romanesque stone bridge, historic railway bridge from 1889
- Pézenas
- Sète
Other goals
- Les Gorges de l'Hérault. The limestone gorge of the Hérault river.
- Etang de Thau. The Thau lake, an 18 km long lagoon southwest of the city of Sète.
- Cirque de Mourèze. Dolomitic mountain basin with numerous bizarre rock formations.
background
The name of the department comes from the river Herault. Hérault is a very well-known wine-growing region. The tradition of viticulture here goes back to pre-Roman times. 14% of the area of the department is used for viticulture. There are ten protected designations of origin.
language
getting there
By plane
The largest airport in the region is Aéroport de Montpellier – Méditerranée, all year round there are direct flights with Easyjet from EuroAirport Basel, in the summer season also from various airports in Germany. There is also a regional airport in Béziers.
By train
There is a TGV stop in Montpellier. It takes 3½ hours from Paris.
In the street
The A 9 motorway ("La Languedocienne") runs along the Mediterranean coast and runs from Avignon and Nîmes, past Montpellier and Béziers, to Narbonne and Perpignan. From the north, the A 75 leads from Clermont-Ferrand into the Hérault. It forks at Clermont-l’Hérault into the A 75, which leads to Béziers, and the A 750, which leads to Montpellier.
mobility
- The Canal du Midiwhich can be ridden with sport boats and houseboats and along which a cycle path leads.
Tourist Attractions
- Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert. Romanesque Benedictine abbey, was a station on the Way of St. James, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
