Gignac (French pronunciation: [ʒiɲak]; Occitan: Ginhac) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France.
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Population
Its inhabitants are called Gignacois in French.
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.