Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière
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Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière Sant Joan de la Blaquièira |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Herault | |
| Arrondissement | Lodève | |
| Canton | Lodève | |
| Community association | Lodévois and Larzac | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 43 ' N , 3 ° 25' E | |
| height | 85-557 m | |
| surface | 17.22 km 2 | |
| Residents | 627 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 36 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 34700 | |
| INSEE code | 34268 | |
| Website | http://www.saint-jean-de-la-blaquiere.com/ | |
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Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière ( Occitan : Sant Joan de la Blaquièira ) is a place and a municipality in the south of France with 627 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hérault department in the Occitania region (before 2016: Languedoc-Roussillon ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Lodève and the canton of Lodève . The inhabitants are called Blaquièrols .
location
Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière is located about 41 kilometers west-northwest of Montpellier in the Clairette du Languedoc wine-growing region . Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Privat in the north, Saint-Saturnin-de-Lucian in the east, Saint-Giraud in the south and south-east, Le Bosc in the south and west and Usclas-du-Bosc in the west and northwest.
Via Tolosana , one of the four historic routes of the pilgrims in France , runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 330 | 300 | 259 | 263 | 338 | 361 | 469 | 627 |
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Attractions
- Dolmen
- Décollation-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste church from the 12th century
- La Blaquière castle from the 14th century
