Sète
Sète is a commune in the Hérault department of France. About 45,000 people live there.
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| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Hérault |
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| Elevation | 0–76 m (0–249 ft) (avg. 4 m/13 ft) |
| Land area1 | 24.21 km2 (9.35 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 44,558 (2012) |
| - Density | 1,840/km2 (4,800/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34301/ 34200 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Sète is a port and a seaside resort. It is on the Mediterranean. It has its own culture, traditions, cuisine and dialect. It is the hometown of artists including Paul Valéry, Jean Vilar, Georges Brassens, Gregory Del Piero, Hervé Di Rosa, Manitas de Plata and Robert Combas.
Sète Media
Virla Bridge. Sète, Hérault, France.
Southwestern part of the Ile de Thau Neighbourhood and the Étang de Thau
Sète and the Étang de Thau.
Lighthouse of the Mount Saint-Clair
The Théâtre de la Mer formerly Fort Saint Pierre built between 1743 and 1746 by engineer NIQUET after the attempt of invasion by England in 1710, and in the background the Mediterranean Sea. View from north in the Grande Rue Haute. Sète, Hérault, France.
This building is inscrit au titre des monuments historiques de la France. It is indexed in the base Mérimée, a database of architectural heritage maintained by the French Ministry of Culture, under the reference
Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny Embankment.
Sète and the Étang de Thau.
Tivoli Bridge over one of the canals of the town.
Crique de l'Anau, a cove in the Mediterranean Sea.
Other websites
Media related to Sète at Wikimedia Commons
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