Hérault
Hérault
Erau (Occitan) | |
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From top down, left to right: Mediterranean coast, Place de la Comédie in Montpellier, Béziers and Liausson's view of Salagou Lake | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Hérault in France | |
| Coordinates: 43°21′N 3°13′E / 43.350°N 3.217°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Prefecture | Montpellier |
| Subprefectures | Béziers Lodève |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Kléber Mesquida (PS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,224 km2 (2,403 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 1,230,289 |
| • Rank | 18th |
| • Density | 197.7/km2 (512.0/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Héraultais |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department number | 34 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Constituency | 9 |
| Cantons | 25 |
| Intercommunality | 16 |
| Communes | 342 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
Hérault (French pronunciation: [eʁo]; Occitan: Erau, [eˈɾaw]) is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France. Named after the Hérault River, its prefecture is Montpellier. It had a population of 1,175,623 in 2019.