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Communauté D'agglomération Du Pays De L'Or
Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de l'Or is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunal structure, centred on the Communes of France, town of Mauguio. It is located in the Hérault departments of France, department, in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania regions of France, region, southern France. Created in 1993, its seat is in Mauguio.CA du Pays de l'Or (N° SIREN : 243400470) BANATIC. Retrieved 17 October 2024. Its area is 114.8 km2. Its population was 44,890 in 2019, of which 16,705 in Mauguio proper.Comparateur de territ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauguio
Mauguio (; , primarily ''Melguelh'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Hérault Departments of France, department in southern France. History The city of Mauguio, seventh city of the Herault department and chief town of the district, is located 11 km east of Montpellier. The altitude of the village is between 4 and 6 meters above sea level, the mont is a raised net peaking at more than 20 meters. This anomaly cannot receive any explanation from a geological point of view, because it is indeed a totally artificial relief created by the lords of the region, the Lords of Melgueil, to establish their castle. The city of Mauguio has a rich history, since in the Middle Ages, it was the first Melgueil medieval city of Lower Languedoc, where the origin of the name of its inhabitants: the Melgoriens. Mauguio is also home to one of the largest Spanish communities in France. The city covers 7500 hectares, of which nearly 2,500 are occupied by the lagoon Étang de l'Or and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candillargues
Candillargues (; ) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. Population History During French Revolution, Candillargues took the name ''Côme-de-la-Palus''. See also *Communes of the Hérault department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ... References Communes of Hérault {{Hérault-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valergues
Valergues (; ) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Valergues-Lansargues station has rail connections to Narbonne, Montpellier and Avignon. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ... References Communes of Hérault {{Hérault-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Aunès
Saint-Aunès (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Hérault Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region in southern France. Saint-Aunès station has rail connections to Narbonne, Montpellier and Avignon. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department References Communes of Hérault {{Hérault-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palavas-les-Flots
Palavas-les-Flots (; Languedocien: ''Palavàs'') is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Geography Palavas is a fishing village and seaside resort 9 km south of Montpellier at the Gulf of Lion and the Mediterranean. It lies on sand dunes that separate two lakes, the ''Étang de l'Arnel'' and the ''Étang du Méjean'', from the sea. Its neighbouring communities are Lattes, Pérols, Mauguio and Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone. Its center is where the River Lez flows through a canalized section into the sea. Northwards it stretches to Mauguio; southwards expansion is halted by a military area and an area used by the Ifremer. Climate Palavas' Mediterranean climate is warm and dry in the summer and mild and humid in winter. History The village originated as a settlement of fishermen who sold their catch on the markets of Montpellier. The Ancien Régime used the village as a coastal defence, building the Redoute de Ballestras. From th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mudaison
Mudaison (; ) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ... References Communes of Hérault {{Hérault-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lansargues
Lansargues (; ) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ... References Communes of Hérault {{Hérault-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Grande-Motte
La Grande-Motte (; ) is a commune in the Hérault département in Occitanie in southern France. It is a popular seaside resort and port near Montpellier, built in the 1960s and 1970s. La Grande-Motte is characterized by homogeneous architecture; many of the prominent buildings are pyramidal in form. With 2 million tourists per year it is one of the favorite resorts of the French. 2024 Beth Yaacov synagogue attack On 24 August 2024, the Beth Yaacov synagogue was targeted in an explosion and attempted arson attack. A police officer was injured. The suspect, who wore a Palestinian flag, was later arrested in Nimes. French president Emmanuel Macron characterized the incident as "a terrorist act". The suspect was a 33-year old man, originally from Algeria. Two of the suspect's associates were also detained. About 200 police officers were involved in the manhunt. Government In August 2024, Stephan Rossignol was mayor. He had been in 2012 a UMP candidate for Hérault's 9th con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Institut National De La Statistique Et Des études économiques
The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (, ), abbreviated INSEE or Insee ( , ), is the List of national and international statistical services, national statistics bureau of France. It collects and publishes information about the Economy of France, French economy and Demographics of France, people and carries out the periodic national census. Headquartered in Montrouge, a commune in the southern Paris, Parisian suburbs, it is the French branch of Eurostat. The INSEE was created in 1946 as a successor to the Vichy France, Vichy regime's National Statistics Service (SNS). It works in close cooperation with the Institut national d'études démographiques (INED). Purpose The INSEE is responsible for the production and analysis of official statistics in France. Its best known responsibilities include: * Organising and publishing the national census. * Producing various Index (economics), indices – which are widely recognised as being of excellent quality – inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communauté D'agglomération
An agglomeration community (, ) is a consortium of communes in France, communes (municipality, municipalities) in France, created as a government structure by the Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of commune in France#Intercommunality, intercommunality, less integrated than a or a communauté urbaine but more integrated than a communauté de communes. Agglomeration communities consist of a communes in France, commune of at least 15,000 inhabitants (or a prefectures in France, prefecture with less than 15,000 inhabitants) and its independent suburbs. As of January 2025, there are 230 agglomeration communities in France (214 in metropolitan France and 16 in the overseas departments). BANAT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of France
France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (, singular ), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while the other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas collectivities, which have a semi-autonomous status). All of the thirteen metropolitan administrative regions (including Corsica ) are further subdivided into two to thirteen administrative departments, with the prefect of each region's administrative centre's department also acting as the regional prefect. The overseas regions administratively consist of only one department each and hence also have the status of overseas departments. Most administrative regions also have the status of regional territorial collectivities, which comes with a local government, with departmental and communal collectivities below the regional level. The exceptions are Corsica, French Guiana, Mayotte and Martinique, where region and department functions are managed by single l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
