Frontignan, Hérault Département, Occitanie, France
🇫🇷 Frontignan is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.
Frontignan is renowned for its AOC wine, the Muscat de Frontignan, a sweet wine made solely from the Muscat grape variety.
Frontignan is located in the Languedoc coastal plain between the towns of Sète and Montpellier. The town is surrounded by the Gardiole mountain range in the north, the Ingril lagoon in the east, the Étang de Thau in the west and the Mediterranean shore (including the beach resort Frontignan-Plage) in the south.
The Rhône-Sète canal separates the inland town centre and Frontignan-Plage. Frontignan station has rail connections (TER Occitanie) to Narbonne, Montpellier and Avignon.
Economy Until the early 20th century the local economy was based on the production of marine salt and wine. Later petro-chemical and chemical industries predominate with a steady decline in the 1980s. The oil refinery that opened in 1900 was converted to a simple depot in 1986.
Since the end of the 20th century, modern fisheries and high-tech plastics take over. Seasonal tourism is a dominant part of the local economy. Important businesses in Frontignan include: • Distrisud S.A. • Indubois S.A.S. • Hexis S.A. • Barba S.A.S. • Frontignan Coopérative S.C.A. • Mobil Concepts s.à.r.l.
Montpellier, Hérault, Occitanie
Frontignan has a population of over 23,028 people. Frontignan also forms part of the wider Montpellier Arrondissement which has a population of over 616,296 people. Frontignan is situated near Montpellier.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Frontignan has links with:
🇮🇹 Gaeta, Italy 🇲🇦 M'diq, Morocco 🇪🇸 Pineda de Mar, Spain 🇵🇹 Vizela, Portugal🇺🇸 Beaver Dam 43.45
🇫🇷 Saint-Raphaël 43.425
🇺🇸 Port Washington 43.384
Locations Near: Frontignan 3.7561,43.4483
🇫🇷 Montpellier 3.896,43.6 d: 20.3
🇫🇷 Hérault 3.368,43.58 d: 34.5
🇫🇷 Ganges 3.709,43.935 d: 54.2
🇫🇷 Lodève 3.323,43.731 d: 46.9
🇫🇷 Béziers 3.218,43.342 d: 45.1
Antipodal to: Frontignan -176.244,-43.448
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