Gigean | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Gigean (Hérault).svg |
Arrondissement: | Montpellier |
Canton: | Frontignan |
Insee: | 34113 |
Postal Code: | 34770 |
Mayor: | Marcel Stoecklin[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée |
Coordinates: | 43.5003°N 3.7117°W |
Elevation M: | 44 |
Elevation Min M: | 10 |
Elevation Max M: | 232 |
Area Km2: | 16.56 |
Gigean (in French pronounced as /ʒiʒɑ̃/; Occitan (post 1500);: Gijan) is a commune in the Hérault département in Occitanie in southern France.
Gigean is bordered by the Étang de Thau to its west, the Gardiole hills to its south and by a wine growing plain, which runs from the Moure Hills to the edge of Montpellier.
Gigean is 18km (11miles) from Montpellier and 14km (09miles) from Sète.
The A9 autoroute exchange is 2km (01miles) south, which runs to the A75 33km (21miles) away at Clermont-l'Hérault.
The climate is Mediterranean: warm and dry in the summer, mild in the winter. Autumn is often marked by rain and heavy wind.
Poussan, Montbazin, Cournonsec, Fabrègues, Vic-la-Gardiole, Frontignan and Balaruc-le-Vieux.
Its inhabitants are called Gigeannais