Lunel
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Herault | |
| Arrondissement | Montpellier | |
| Canton | Lunel (main town) | |
| Community association | Pays de Lunel | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 41 ′ N , 4 ° 8 ′ E | |
| height | 2-53 m | |
| surface | 23.90 km 2 | |
| Residents | 26,239 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,098 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 34400 | |
| INSEE code | 34145 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-lunel.fr/ | |
 Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville ) |
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Lunel ( Occitan Lunèu ) is a French commune with 26,239 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Montpellier and the canton of Lunel .
geography
Lunel is located 21 kilometers east of Montpellier and 28 kilometers southwest of Nîmes on the west bank of the Vidourle . The area consists essentially of an alluvial plain between the plains of Mauguio and the Petite Camargue .
history
In 888 Lunel was raised to a barony for 13 localities. At the turn of the millennium it belonged to Bernard d'Anduze, baron de Sauve, to whom it ceded to Gaucelm, Lord of Lunel. In the 12th and 13th centuries, the Lunel Jewish community flourished and produced numerous scholars.
In 1632, after the Peace of Alès , the fortifications were demolished. A century later, in 1728, a canal began to connect Lunel to the sea.
Population development
- 1962: 8872
- 1968: 10.735
- 1975: 13,452
- 1982: 15,648
- 1990: 18.404
- 1999: 22,352
- 2017: 26,239
Personalities
- Jean-Antoine Bérard (* 1710; † 1772), opera singer and singing teacher
- Jean-Baptiste Timothée Baumes (* 1756; † 1828), doctor and pioneer of physiological chemistry
- Jacques Rouché (* 1862; † 1957), director of the Paris Opera
- Louis Feuillade (* 1873; † 1925), film director
- Emmanuelle Seyboldt (* 1970), Protestant pastor, President of the United Protestant Church of France
- Ellyes Skhiri (* 1995), French-Tunisian football player
Web links
- Community website (French)