Valros

Valros
Commune
The road into Valros

Coat of arms
Valros
Location within Occitanie region
Valros
Coordinates: 43°25′16″N 3°22′02″E / 43.4211°N 3.3672°E / 43.4211; 3.3672Coordinates: 43°25′16″N 3°22′02″E / 43.4211°N 3.3672°E / 43.4211; 3.3672
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Hérault
Arrondissement Béziers
Canton Pézenas
Intercommunality Pays de Thongue
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Michel Loup
Area1 6.61 km2 (2.55 sq mi)
Population (2011)2 1,404
  Density 210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 34325 /34290
Elevation 24–99 m (79–325 ft)

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.

Valros is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962768    
1968788+2.6%
1975761−3.4%
1982753−1.1%
19901,021+35.6%
19991,130+10.7%
20081,252+10.8%
20111,404+12.1%

Sights and monuments

Fort de Valros (also known locally as Tour de Valros) is a ruined small castle or fortress. In the mid-19th century, the fort was the site of a semaphore station

See also

References

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