Roujan

Roujan (French pronunciation: [ʁuʒɑ̃]; Occitan: Rojan) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France, about 22 km north of Beziers.

Roujan
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Roujan
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Coordinates: 43°30′20″N 3°18′41″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Béziers
Canton	Cazouls-lès-Béziers
Intercommunality	CC Les Avant-Monts
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean Blanquefort[1]
Area 1	17.02 km2 (6.57 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,297
• Density	130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34237 /34320
Elevation	49–246 m (161–807 ft) (avg. 115 m or 377 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sights

Cassan Abbey, an 18th-century historical monument is located in the commune on the road to Faugères.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,481	—
1975	1,379	−1.01%
1982	1,409	+0.31%
1990	1,366	−0.39%
1999	1,486	+0.94%
2007	1,902	+3.13%
2012	1,954	+0.54%
2017	2,158	+2.01%
Source: INSEE[3]

Personalities

• Jules Roucairol, victim of Napoléon III's coup d'état

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department