Clermont-l'Hérault
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Herault | |
| Arrondissement | Lodève | |
| Canton | Clermont-l'Hérault | |
| Community association | Clermontais | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 38 ′ N , 3 ° 26 ′ E | |
| height | 40-322 m | |
| surface | 32.49 km 2 | |
| Residents | 8,852 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 272 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 34800 | |
| INSEE code | 34079 | |
| Website | www.ville-clermont-herault.fr | |
Clermont-l'Hérault (Occitan: Clarmont d'Erau) is a town with 8,852 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the south of France in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region . The inhabitants are called Clermontais .
history
The city of Clermont-l'Hérault was one of the most important oppida in the Celtic Mediterranean during the Iron Age (8th to 2nd centuries BC) on the side of La Ramasse . Excavations carried out by INRAP ( Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives ) in 2000 revealed the importance of Clermont during the Roman period. The core settlement was about five to six hectares in size, surrounded by an outer settlement zone of twelve hectares. Among other things, the remains of a bathing facility were excavated.
The city used to be called Clermont-Lodève. For the economy of the city, among other things, the cloth manufacture played a role, which used the water of the Dourbie for the production.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 |
| Residents | 5538 | 6209 | 5482 | 5926 | 6041 | 6532 | 7395 | 8852 |
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Attractions
- Saint Paul Collegiate Church . (14th to 15th century)
- medieval castle Les Guilhem
- Tour des anciens remparts. a tower of the old city fortifications
- Dominican Convention
- Notre-Dame-du-Peyrou chapel . (14th Century)
- Monument aux morts de Clermont-l'Hérault. a cenotaph created by Paul Dardé with a lying corpse, guarded by a naked woman who looks like a cabaret dancer of the 1920s
Partnerships
Clermont-l'Hérault's partner municipalities are Gauting in Bavaria and Patchway in England.
Personalities
- Raymond Guilhem de Budos (? –1363), nephew of Clemens V , Seigneur de Clermont and numerous other localities, chairman of the Comtat Venaissin between 1310 and 1317
- Jean-Joseph Ernest Martin (1833–1897), city historian of Lodève
- René Gosse (1883–1943), mathematician and resistance fighter , born in Clermont
- Marie Sagnier (1898–1996), heroine of the resistance, hid numerous Jews during World War II
Individual evidence
- ^ Dominique Garcia: La Celtique méditerranéenne. Habitats et sociétés en Languedoc et en Provence. VIIIe-IIe siècles av. J.-C. Éditions Errance, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-87772-286-4 .
