Hérault
Hérault (; oc, Erau, ) is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France. Named after the Hérault River, its prefecture is Montpellier. It had a population of 1,175,623 in 2019.department
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Government and military
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in the
Occitanie Occitanie may refer to:
*Occitania, a region in southern France called ''Occitanie'' in French
*Occitania (administrative region)
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in southern
France
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.
It is a popular holiday destination, with many camp and caravan sites. Near Vias, the
Canal du midi
The Canal du Midi (; ) is a long canal in Southern France (french: le Midi). Originally named the ''Canal royal en Languedoc'' (Royal Canal in Languedoc) and renamed by French revolutionaries to ''Canal du Midi'' in 1789, the canal is considere ...
crosses the river Libron, an interesting historic engineering work.
Vias station
Vias is a railway station in Vias, Occitanie, southern France. Within TER Occitanie
TER Occitanie or liO TER Occitanie is the regional rail network serving the region of Occitanie, southern France. It is operated by the French national railwa ...
has rail connections to Narbonne, Montpellier and Avignon.
File:Canal du Midi, Vias, Hérault (06).jpg, A boat on the Canal du Midi
Population
Energy
Around 17% of the commune's electricity is provided by local solar power installations.
See also
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Communes of the Hérault department
The following is a list of the 342 communes of the Hérault department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Vias tourism