Lagamas

Lagamas (Occitan: L'Agamàs) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Lagamas
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Lagamas
Lagamas Lagamas
Coordinates: 43°40′29″N 3°31′26″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Lodève
Canton	Gignac
Intercommunality	Vallée de l'Hérault
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Christian Viloing
Area ^1	4.52 km^2 (1.75 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	111
• Density	25/km^2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34125 /34150
Elevation	33–142 m (108–466 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	31	—
1968	46	+48.4%
1975	43	−6.5%
1982	56	+30.2%
1990	71	+26.8%
1999	111	+56.3%
2005	113	+1.8%
2010	114	+0.9%
2014	110	−3.5%

Architecture

The church, Notre-Dame de la Garrigue, was built by Élodie Martin, the widow of the textile magnate Jean-Pierre Balsan as a homage to her husband. The Balsan family is known to have inhabited Lagamas since at least 1576. The church, with its unusual gothic style, is a miniature inspired by the Châteauroux cathedral, a city where the Balsan family had acquired the Manufacture Royale de Drap de Châteauroux in 1856.

The church was completed in around 1874.[2] An extensive renovation was finalised in 2007.

The same widow built the large mansion facing the church, known locally as the château. It hosts an annual multi-disciplinary artist residency organised by the Cornelius Arts Foundation.

Map

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Base Mérimée: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-la-Garrigue, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)