Gignac (French pronunciation: [ʒiɲak]; Occitan: Ginhac) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Population
Its inhabitants are called Gignacois.
Sights
- Gignac Bridge over the river Hérault, completed 1810.
- Church of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
- "Tour sarrasine" tower
Personalities
- Antoine de Laurès (1708–1779), writer, friend of Voltaire, translator into French of Pharsalia by Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus), and author of La fête de Cythère, a one-act opera created on 19 November 1753 at the Château de Berny. He lived in the Château de Gignac.
Map
See also
- Communes of the Hérault department
References
External links
- Official site (in French)
