Hérault

Hérault is a department in Occitanie, France.

Cities

Pont Saint-Joseph, a late 17th-century bridge in Agde

• 1 Montpellier — capital and largest city of Languedoc-Roussillon
• 2 Agde
• 3 Béziers
• 4 Bouzigues
• 5 Causses-et-Veyran
• 6 Fraisse-sur-Agout
• 7 Minerve
• 8 Olargues
• 9 Pézenas
• 10 Saint-Pons-de-Thomieres
• 11 Sète
• 12 Pomerols

Get in

Take high-speed train (AVE and TGV) from Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Madrid or Barcelona. Intercity services (Intercités) from Bordeaux, Toulouse or Clermont. Regional and local services (TER Occitanie) by SNCF.

See

The Peninsula and Mountain of Rouens (253m) in the township of Clermont-l'Hérault, and the Lac du Salagou; photo taken from the southwest in the township of Liausson

• Monts de l'Espinouse — a beautiful range of relatively low mountains, wild and craggy with few paths, around the D14 from Olargues to Fraisse-sur-Agout. A small side road (to the left from the above direction) leads to the tiny pretty village of Douch, from which there is a good path to the summit of Mont Caroux, where you suddenly come across a great southern vista.

Do

• Gorges d'Héric — lots of climbing and hiking opportunities. A road train connects the gorges with the town of Mons.