Gignac, Hérault

Gignac (Ginhac) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Population
Its inhabitants are called Gignacois.

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.