Lodève is an attractive medieval town in southern The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... France, in the Hérault is a département in the southwest of France named after the Hérault River. History Hérault was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of... Hérault The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. They are subdivided into 342 arrondissements. Départements are also found in Côte dIvoire. Administrative role Each... département, of which it is a sous-préfecture.

Geography

Lodève lies where the plains rise up to the Larzac is also a commune in Dordogne. Larzac is a limestone karst plateau in the south of the Massif Central, France. It is an agricultural area, where sheep are bred to produce milk for Roquefort cheese. History Categories: Stub | France | Plateaus | World Trade Organization ... Larzac plateau, 54km from Location within France Montpellier ( Occitan Montpelhièr) is a city in the south of France. It is the capital of the Languedoc-Roussillon région, as well as the préfecture (administrative capital) of the Hérault département. Population of the city ( commune) of... Montpellier, in the valley of the Lergue river. It is surrounded by small green hills and lies only 10km from the large man-made Lake Salagou.

Demographics

Lodève has a fairly large Algerian population, the first generation of which fought for the French and were housed here after the Algerian Civil War.

Miscellaneous

Lodève was the birthplace of:

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• Georges Auric (February 15, 1899 – July 23, 1983) was a French composer, born in Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. He was a child prodigy and at age 15 he had his first compositions published. Before he turned 20 he had orchestrated and written incidental music for several... Georges Auric ( 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). Events January January 1 - End of Spanish rule in Cuba. January 1 - Queens and Staten Island merge with New York City. January 3 - The first known use of the word automobile, in an editorial in the New York... 1899- 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 1 - Beat Raaflaub became Basel Boys Choirs new conductor January 1 - the ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. January 1 - compulsory wearing... 1983), A composer is a person who writes music. The term refers particularly to someone who writes music in some type of musical notation, thus allowing others to perform the music. This distinguishes the composer from a musician who improvises. However, a person may be called a composer without creating music... composer.

The town once housed a famous carpet-manufacturing company which supplied large, exquisite carpets to the French royal family.

The area has a strong history of resistance against the German occupiers during the Second World War.

External link

• Tourist office website (http://www.lodeve.com/)