Montagnac (Hérault)

Montagnac ; Montanhac
region	Occitania
Department	Herault
Arrondissement	Beziers
Canton	Mèze
Community association	Hérault Méditerranée
Coordinates	43 ° 29 ′ N , 3 ° 29 ′ E Coordinates: 43 ° 29 ′ N , 3 ° 29 ′ E
height	8-172 m
surface	39.81 km 2
Residents	4,336 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	109 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	34530
INSEE code	34162
Website	http://www.ville-montagnac.fr/
	; Town hall ( Mairie ) of Montagnac

Montagnac ( Occitan : Montanhac ) is a southern French municipality with 4,336 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hérault department in the Occitania region . Montagnac belongs to the arrondissement of Béziers and the canton of Mèze . The inhabitants are called Montagnacois .

geography

Montagnac lies between the Cevennes and the Mediterranean . The Hérault river limits the municipality to the north-west. Montagnac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Pons-de-Mauchiens in the north, Villeveyrac in the east, Mèze in the south and south-east, Pomérols and Pinet in the south, Castelnau-de-Guers , Aumes and Pézenas in the south-west, and Lézignan-la-Cèbe in the West and north-west and Cazouls-d'Hérault and Usclas-d'Hérault in the north-west.

The former route nationale 113 (today's D613) runs through the municipality .

The Saint-Martin chapel was mentioned as early as 847 and was rebuilt in the 12th century.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	2958	3021	2774	2897	2953	2981	3517	4336

Saint-André church

Saint-André church from the 12th and 14th centuries, bell tower 54 meters, monument historique
Saint-Martin-de-la-Garrigue chapel from the 12th century
Chapel of the Minorites from the 18th century
Notre-Dame-de-la-Peyrière chapel from the 19th century
Evangelical Reformed Church
Lavagnac Castle, classicist building built in the 17th and 18th centuries, monument historique since 1951/1973
Hôtel de Rat, Hôtel de Pegat and Hôtel Rey de Vissec

There is a parish partnership with the Spanish municipality of Nerpio in Castile-La Mancha .

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