Montbazin (; oc, Montbasin) is a

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Population

Its inhabitants are referred to as ''Montbazinois''.

Administration

Gallery

File:Église Saint-Pierre de Montbazin, Hérault 04.jpg, Chapelle Saint-Pierre File:Montbazin, Hérault 01.jpg, A street in the village File:Montbazin, Hérault 17.jpg, Trail in the garrigue on the Moure Hills File:Theba pisana on Foeniculum vulgare, Montbazin, Hérault 03.jpg, Colonies of sand hill snails File:Montbazin porte.jpg, Gate in the fortification

Personalities linked to the municipality

* Pierre-Paul Poulalion, known as the “poète boiteux”, born in Montbazin on 29 June 1801, poet and writer.² * Eugène Montel, born in Montbazin on 5 June 1885, teacher, journalist and politician. * Jocelyne Carmichael, born in Paris on 13 February 1935 and died in Montbazin on 9 November 2017, poet, writer, director, French actress and activist for women's rights.³ * Pierre Mariétan, born in Monthey, Switzerland on 23 September 1935, lives in Montbazin. Composer and teacher.

Bibliography

* Jacky David, mémoire et images d'un village du midi de la France : olume I Frontignan, Impr. Soulié, 1996, 139 p. * Jacky David, mémoire et images d'un village du midi de la France : olume II Frontignan, Impr. Soulié, 2012, 374 p.

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