Pignan

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Pignan
Coat of arms of Pignan
Pignan (France)
Pignan
region Occitania
Department Herault
Arrondissement Montpellier
Canton Pignan (main town)
Community association Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole
Coordinates 43 ° 35 '  N , 3 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 35 '  N , 3 ° 46'  E
height 29-217 m
surface 20.32 km 2
Residents 7,019 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 345 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 34570
INSEE code
Website http://www.pignan.fr/

Château Turenne, today's town hall

Pignan ( Occitan : Pinhan ) is a French commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region . It has 7019 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) and is the capital of the canton of the same name . The inhabitants are called "Pignanais" .

geography

Pignan is about eleven kilometers west-southwest of Montpellier . Pignan is surrounded by the neighboring communities Murviel-lès-Montpellier in the north, Saint-Georges-d'Orques in the northeast, Lavérune in the east, Saussan and Fabrègues in the south, Cournonterral in the southwest and west and Saint-Paul-et-Valmalle in the northwest. Pignan is part of the Vin de pays des Collines de la Moure wine region .

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
1905 2216 2677 3319 4097 5665 6047 7019

Attractions

Vignogoul Abbey
  • Château de Turenne, built in the 17th century, has been the town hall since 1896
  • Vignogoul Monastery , founded in 1138, abolished in 1789, privately owned since 1791, Monument historique since 1862
  • Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church, built in the 14th century, destroyed in the Hundred Years War and reconstructed in the 17th century.

Parish partnership

  • Sinzheim , Baden-Württemberg, Germany, since 1975

Web links

Commons : Pignan  - collection of images, videos and audio files