Poujols is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
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Soubès is a commune in the Hérault department in Occitanie in southern France, situated on a hill near the confluence of the Brèze and Suberbet rivers.
The village dates from the 12th Century, and even today only one main street, the Coural, is suitable for motor traffic. The ancient city walls are visible in many places. The village has two châteaux, a church, two schools, a Mairie, a café, a small post office and a general store. A modern sports and social centre lies just outside the village proper, the other side of the D25 road to Ganges.
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Fozières is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.
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Lauroux is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France.
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Lodève is a commune in the department of Hérault, in the region of Occitania, southern France. It is a subprefecture of the department. The derivation of the city's name is from Gaulish Luteva, composed of lut-, swamp, mud + suffix -eva. It might therefore translate as the muddy place or the swamp city. This mud could be a clay, called argillite, which was use during ancient history to produce pottery.
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Lodève Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Lodève, Hérault, southern France. The edifice is a typical example of local Gothic architecture.
Lodève is an ancient town of Celtic origin, situated some 50 kilometres from the Mediterranean coast. It sits at the foot of the mountains of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, about 45 kilometres north-west of Montpellier. The former Diocese of Lodève, probably founded towards the end of the 4th century, was suppressed during the French Revolution and was not restored; its territory was instead attached to the Diocese, later Archdiocese, of Montpellier. In 1877, the Bishop of Montpellier was granted the privilege by Pope Pius IX on including the title of the former diocese of Lodève in his own titulature. The bishops and archbishops have not done so.
The cathedral, the former seat of the Bishops of Lodève, was classed a national historical monument in 1840.