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Hérault

Also known as Erau

dipartimento francese

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Hérault is a department (administrative division) located in the Occitania region of Southern France, with its main city being Montpellier. With over 1.2 million residents as of 2023, it is a significant population center in the south of the country and takes its name from the Hérault River.

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Settlement.name: Hérault
Settlement.native_name_lang: fr
Settlement.type: Department of France
Settlement.image_caption: From top down, left to right: Mediterranean coast, Place de la Comédie in Montpellier, Béziers and Liausson's view of Salagou Lake
Settlement.image_flag: Drapeau culturel fr département Hérault.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Blason département fr Hérault.svg
Settlement.image_map: Hérault-Position.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Hérault in France
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: France
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Occitanie
Settlement.seat_type: Prefecture
Settlement.seat: Montpellier
Settlement.parts_type: Subprefectures
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.p1: BéziersLodève
Settlement.leader_party: PS

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: department of France
Named after: Hérault
Official name: Hérault
Country: France
Located in: Languedoc-Roussillon
Contains: Murles
Capital: Montpellier
Population: 1230289
Area: 6224
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Gulf of Lion
Shares border with: Tarn
Official website: www.herault.fr
Image: Prefecture of Montpellier.jpg

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Commons category: Hérault
inception: 1790-03-04
Commons gallery: Hérault
category for people born here: Category:Births in Hérault
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Hérault
category of associated people: Category:People from Hérault
annual number of weddings: 4026
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
social media followers: 3896
native label: Hérault
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topic's main category: Category:Hérault

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Article · Italiano

L'Hérault (/e'ʁo/), oc. Erau) è un dipartimento francese della regione Occitania, alsud del paese. Confina con i dipartimenti dell'Aude a sud-ovest, del Tarn a ovest, dell'Aveyron a nord-ovest e del Gard a nord-est. A sud-est è bagnato dal Mar Mediterraneo (Golfo del Leone). Le principali città, oltre al capoluogo Montpellier, sono Béziers, Sète e Lodève. Nell'Hérault si trova inoltre la propaggine meridionale del Massiccio Centrale, il gruppo montuoso del Caroux-Espinouse.

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