Saint-Gély-du-Fesc

Saint-Gély-du-Fesc (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒeli dy fɛsk]; Occitan: Sant Geli dau Fesc or Sant Gèli del Fesc) is a commune in the department of Hérault, Occitania, southern France.

Saint-Gély-du-Fesc
Commune
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Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 43°41′35″N 3°48′24″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Lodève
Canton	Saint-Gély-du-Fesc
Intercommunality	Grand Pic Saint-Loup
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michèle Lernout[1]
Area 1	16.51 km2 (6.37 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	10,530
• Density	640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34255 /34980
Elevation	71–264 m (233–866 ft) (avg. 116 m or 381 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The origin of this city is from Saint Gilles, a Christian of the 8th century, and Fesc means « control post » in Occitan language.

In 2004, the city has decided to leave the Agglomeration community of Montpellier Agglomération.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 305 —     1800 284 −1.01% 1806 354 +3.74% 1821 308 −0.92% 1831 352 +1.34% 1836 377 +1.38% 1841 386 +0.47% 1846 448 +3.02% 1851 450 +0.09% 1856 501 +2.17% 1861 566 +2.47% 1866 603 +1.27% 1872 650 +1.26% 1876 566 −3.40% 1881 515 −1.87% 1886 511 −0.16% 1891 534 +0.88% 1896 632 +3.43%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 667 +1.08% 1906 641 −0.79% 1911 609 −1.02% 1921 642 +0.53% 1926 632 −0.31% 1931 552 −2.67% 1936 547 −0.18% 1946 548 +0.02% 1954 505 −1.02% 1962 528 +0.56% 1968 907 +9.44% 1975 2,055 +12.39% 1982 3,714 +8.82% 1990 5,936 +6.04% 1999 7,625 +2.82% 2007 8,337 +1.12% 2012 9,222 +2.04% 2017 9,795 +1.21%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Personalities

Georges Brassens died in this city, in 1981.

Places and monuments

• Archeological site of the "Vautes", of "Rouergas", and of the "Colline de l'Homme Mort" (dead men hill), who left traces from the Neolithic. (4000 years B-C).
• Church of Saint-Gilles; on top of the steeple, the iron bell tower contains a bell classified "MH", dating from 1759.
• Coulondres-Philippe-Eldridge parc, an 18 hectares site where one can observe several Mediterranean species, as well as a botanical path.

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department