Gignac, Hérault

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Gignac

(2020–2026) Jean-François Soto^[1]Area

29.85 km² (11.53 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

6,650 • Density220/km² (580/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

34114 /34150

Elevation28–286 m (92–938 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gignac (French pronunciation: [ʒiɲak]; Occitan: Ginhac) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Population

Its inhabitants are called Gignacois.^[3]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,746	—
1975	2,848	+0.52%
1982	3,228	+1.81%
1990	3,652	+1.55%
1999	3,955	+0.89%
2007	5,059	+3.13%
2012	5,654	+2.25%
2017	6,200	+1.86%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Sights

Gignac Bridge over the river Hérault, completed 1810.
Church of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
"Tour sarrasine" tower

Personalities

Antoine de Laurès (1708–1779), writer, friend of Voltaire, translator into French of Pharsalia by Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus), and author of La fête de Cythère, a one-act opera created on 19 November 1753 at the Château de Berny. He lived in the Château de Gignac.

Map

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Gignac (34150), Hérault". Intern@ute.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE