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Sète is a commune in France, situated in the Hérault department within the Occitanie region. It serves as the capital of the cantons of Sète-1 and Sète-2, as well as the broader canton of Sète. The town is located in the arrondissement of Montpellier and shares borders with Frontignan, Bouzigues, Loupian, and Marseillan. Its official names are Sète and Cette, and it has the postal code 34200.
The municipality covers an area of 24.21 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 45,337 residents and another citing 40,736. Demographic data indicates a male population of 20,161 and a female population of 23,068. Sète is twinned with Neuburg an der Donau, El Jadida, Cetara, and Hartlepool. The town’s elevation is recorded as 176 meters in one dataset and 5 meters in another.
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Place details
- Locality
- Sète
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 40,736
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Sète
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.caption
- Clockwise from top: The Royal Canal, the Mont Saint-Clair lighthouse, the Sète naval cemetery, and the Molière theatre.
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Sète (Hérault).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Montpellier
- French commune.canton
- Sète
- French commune.INSEE
- 34301
- French commune.postal code
- 34200
- French commune.demonym
- Sétois
- French commune.mayor
- Hervé Marquès
- French commune.party
- DVD
- French commune.term
- 2025–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée
- French commune.elevation m
- 4
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 176
- French commune.area km2
- 24.21
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Travel guide
Get around
Walking is the obvious choice within the city centre.
For slightly longer trips, Thau Agglo Transport offers public transport, with departures at least every 20 minutes during daytime on both weekdays and weekends. However, evening and night services are limited. A free circulator bus within the inner city, route 6, is available too.
See
thumb|Phare du Mont-Saint-Clair
Go next
The ferry to Morocco leaves a few times a week, and costs around €120.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Article · Italiano
Sète (AFI: [sɛt], in occitano Seta) è un comune francese di 43 139 abitanti del dipartimento dell'Hérault, in Occitania.La grafia attuale del nome è del 1928; prima di quella data era noto come Cette (anche in occitano con Ceta o Ceto). Sète è il secondo porto per importanza della Francia sul Mediterraneo dopo Marsiglia.
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