Grabels

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Grabels
Coat of arms of Grabels
Grabels (France)
Grabels
region Occitania
Department Herault
Arrondissement Montpellier
Canton Montpellier-1
Community association Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole
Coordinates 43 ° 39 ′  N , 3 ° 48 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 39 ′  N , 3 ° 48 ′  E
height 50-167 m
surface 16.24 km 2
Residents 8,430 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 519 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 34790
INSEE code
Website http://www.ville-juvignac.fr/

Saint-Julien-et-Sainte-Basilisse church

Grabels is a French commune with 8,430 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hérault department in the Occitania region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Montpellier and the canton of Montpellier-1 .

geography

Avy spring with tributary to the Mosson

Grabels is surrounded by the neighboring communities Combaillaux in the north, Saint-Gély-du-Fesc in the northeast, Saint-Clément-de-Rivière in the east, Montpellier in the southeast, Juvignac in the south, Saint-Georges-d'Orques and Montarnaud in the southwest as well Valhauquès in the north-west. The Mosson River flows through Grabels . The Source de l'Avy , which flows into the Mosson, also rises here.

Grabels belongs to the Vin de pays des Collines de la Moure wine-growing region .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 835 1020 1537 2527 3130 5438 5906 8430

Attractions

  • Saint-Julien-et-Sainte-Basilisse church
  • Tower de la Valsière

Personalities

Web links

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