Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Herault | |
| Arrondissement | Montpellier | |
| Canton | Pignan | |
| Community association | Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 32 ' N , 3 ° 52' E | |
| height | 0-130 m | |
| surface | 22.7 km 2 | |
| Residents | 10,012 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 441 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 34750 | |
| INSEE code | 34337 | |
| Website | www.villeneuvelesmaguelone.fr | |
 Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, Saint-Etienne church |
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Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone is a French commune with 10,012 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hérault department in the Occitania region in southern France . It lies at the mouth of the Mosson River .
history
Maguelone (rarely also Maguelonne) was one of the "seven cities" that are said to be the origin of the name of the Septimania region . Septimania was the western region of the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis , which was under the control of the Visigoth Kingdom when Septimania was ceded to Theodoric II , king of the Visigoths, in 462 . The seven cities are today's Elne , Agde , Narbonne , Lodève , Béziers , Nimes and Maguelone.
At first Maguelone was the fortress of a Visigoth nobleman in higher elevations, protected by coastal lagoons , then it became a bishopric. When the early history of Maguelone was compiled by Abbe Gariel in 1583 ( Histoire des évêques de Maguelonne ), he provided the bishopric with an apostolic origin, as was the case for every long -established diocese in late antiquity in all three Gaul de rigeur . The first historical bishop of Maguelone helped at the Council of Narbonne in 589; no doubt the Christian community was much older. In the 8th century, the Almohad Welsh conquered the area, which was finally recaptured by Charles Martel in 737, but the fighting that lasted for decades depopulated the entire region. The diocese was moved to Substantion (Melgueil), but Bishop Arnaud (1030-1060) returned, rebuilt the destroyed sanctuary and built a bridge to connect Maguelone with the "new district" Villeneuve. The Romanesque cathedral of St-Pierre-et-St-Paul de Maguelone , which was designed as a fortified church and is dedicated to the apostles Simon Peter and Paul of Tarsus , was built together with extensive monastery buildings as a bishopric. Towards the middle of the 16th century it was officially moved to Montpellier.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2008 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 1,616 | 1,797 | 2,279 | 3,003 | 5,081 | 7,351 | 8,541 | 8,763 | 10,012 |
Attractions
- The medieval church of Saint-Étienne dates from the 12th century and has been a monument historique since 1840 .
- The Romanesque, former cathedral of St-Pierre-et-St-Paul de Maguelone , which is located on an offshore island, is famous .
- Mount of Madeleine: scrubland, military area, ruins of the Saint-Baudille crypt on the summit (185 m) and steles commemorating the resistance fighters who were shot here in World War II .
- L'Estagnol nature reserve, a swamp between scrubland and vines
- Public beach: the sand dunes stretch for dozens of kilometers from Palavas-les-Flots to Frontignan -Plage and can sometimes only be accessed from the road. Because of this isolation, nudism is not an issue.
Events
In June there is the Festival de Maguelone for early music .
