Roujan

Commune in Occitania, France

(2020–2026) Jean Blanquefort^[1]Area17.02 km² (6.57 sq mi)Population2,260 • Density130/km² (340/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation49–246 m (161–807 ft)
(avg. 115 m or 377 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Roujan (French pronunciation: [ʁuʒɑ̃]; Occitan: Rojan) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France, about 22 km north of Beziers.

Sights

Cassan Abbey, an 18th-century historical monument is located in the commune on the road to Faugères.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,481	—
1975	1,379	−1.01%
1982	1,409	+0.31%
1990	1,366	−0.39%
1999	1,486	+0.94%
2007	1,902	+3.13%
2012	1,954	+0.54%
2017	2,158	+2.01%
Source: INSEE[3]

Personalities

• Jules Roucairol, victim of Napoléon III's coup d'état

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department

References