Gigean Explained

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.

Geography

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.

Neighboring communes

Poussan, Montbazin, Cournonsec, Fabrègues, Vic-la-Gardiole, Frontignan and Balaruc-le-Vieux.

Population

Its inhabitants are called Gigeannais

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.