Montbazin

Montbazin (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃bazɛ̃]; Occitan: Montbasin) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. It is part of the Agglomeration of Sete. In Roman times it was an important stopover on the road from Narbonne to Rome.

Map

Montbazin
Commune
A general view of Montbazin
Coat of arms
Location of Montbazin
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Coordinates: 43°31′00″N 3°41′48″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Montpellier
Canton	Mèze
Intercommunality	CA Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Josian Ribes[1]
Area 1	21.13 km2 (8.16 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,903
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34165 /34560
Elevation	16–313 m (52–1,027 ft) (avg. 34 m or 112 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Its inhabitants are referred to as Montbazinois.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,041	—
1975	1,109	+0.91%
1982	1,377	+3.14%
1990	2,062	+5.18%
1999	2,214	+0.79%
2007	2,779	+2.88%
2012	2,927	+1.04%
2017	2,952	+0.17%
2019	2,934	−0.31%
Source: INSEE[3]

Administration

Mayor of Montbazin	Elected	Party
Joseph Roussel	1788-1790
Albert David	1923-1944
Lucien Labit	1995-2001
Jean-Marc Baillon	2001-2006
Laure Tondon	March 2006	PS
Josian Ribes	May 2020	IP

Gallery

• 
  Chapelle Saint-Pierre
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  A street in the village
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  Trail in the garrigue on the Moure Hills
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  Colonies of sand hill snails
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  Gate in the fortification

Personalities linked to the municipality

• Pierre-Paul Poulalion, known as the “poète boiteux”, born in Montbazin on 29 June 1801, poet and writer.²
• Eugène Montel, born in Montbazin on 5 June 1885, teacher, journalist and politician.
• Jocelyne Carmichael, born in Paris on 13 February 1935 and died in Montbazin on 9 November 2017, poet, writer, director, French actress and activist for women's rights.³
• Pierre Mariétan, born in Monthey, Switzerland on 23 September 1935, lives in Montbazin. Composer and teacher.

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department