Roujan
Roujan is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France, about 22km north of Beziers.
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Location of Roujan 
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| Coordinates: 43°30′20″N 3°18′41″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Béziers |
| Canton | Cazouls-lès-Béziers |
| Intercommunality | CC Les Avant-Monts |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jacques Huc |
| Area 1 | 17.02 km2 (6.57 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 2,158 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/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
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 1,461 | — |
| 1968 | 1,481 | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 1,379 | −6.9% |
| 1982 | 1,409 | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 1,366 | −3.1% |
| 1999 | 1,486 | +8.8% |
| 2008 | 1,946 | +31.0% |
Personalities
- Jules Roucairol, victim of Napoléon III's coup d'état
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gollark: The only thing I would want to use a DVD drive for is... backup disks, I guess, and blu-ray is better.
gollark: > implying the DVD drive is useful
See also
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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