Quarters
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Quarante Cranta |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Herault | |
| Arrondissement | Beziers | |
| Canton | Saint-Pons-de-Thomières | |
| Community association | Sud-Herault | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 21 ′ N , 2 ° 58 ′ E | |
| height | 21-227 m | |
| surface | 30.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,767 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 59 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 34310 | |
| INSEE code | 34226 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Quarante |
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Quarante ( Occitan : Cranta ) is a French commune with 1,767 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region . It belongs to the arrondissement of Béziers and the canton of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières (until 2015: canton of Capestang ). The inhabitants are called quarantais .
geography
Quarante is about twenty kilometers west of Béziers . Quarante is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Cébazan in the north, Creissan in the north and northeast, Puisserguier in the east, Capestang in the southeast, Ouveillan in the south and Cruzy in the west.
The community belongs to the Saint-Chinian wine region .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1818 | 1644 | 1460 | 1441 | 1509 | 1449 | 1524 | 1767 |
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Attractions
- Sainte-Marie church from the 11th century, originally a monastery church
- old fortifications
- Roueïre castle from 1887 with a wind turbine from 1898
- Saliès Castle
- Domain L'Étang Fages
Personalities
- Louis Cahuzac (1880-1960), clarinetist
Parish partnership
There is a partnership with the Belgian municipality of Doische in the province of Namur (Wallonia).
Web links
Commons : Quarante (Hérault) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
