| Lespignan | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Lespignan (Hérault).svg |
| Arrondissement: | Béziers |
| Canton: | Béziers-1 |
| Insee: | 34135 |
| Postal Code: | 34710 |
| Mayor: | Jean-François Guibbert[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Domitienne |
| Coordinates: | 43.2744°N 3.1725°W |
| Elevation M: | 61 |
| Elevation Min M: | 0 |
| Elevation Max M: | 90 |
| Area Km2: | 22.92 |
Lespignan (in French pronounced as /lɛspiɲɑ̃/; Occitan (post 1500);: Lespinhan) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Lespignan has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Lespignan is . The average annual rainfall is with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around, and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Lespignan was on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 22 November 1998.
Excavations indicate human habitation of Lespignan dating to 4000 years ago.[2] During the 13th century, Lespignan was granted to Lambert de Thury, a companion of Simon de Montfort, as a part of the Albigensian Crusade. In 1379 King Charles V used his right of preemption to officially establish Lespignan as a community. In 1500, the village acquired its own lord through a treaty of joint sovereignty with King Charles V. The absence of a male heir led to successive changes in leadership.