Pont Maréchal Foch, drawbridge, Sète, Hérault Sète, Hérault, France
Sète is a commune in the Hérault department, in the region of Occitania, southern France. Its inhabitants are called Sétois and Sétoises in French, "Setòris" and "Setòria" in Occitan. Known as the Venice of Languedoc and the singular island, it is a port and a seaside resort on the Mediterranean with its own very strong cultural identity, traditions, cuisine and dialect. It is the hometown of such artists as Paul Valéry, Jean Vilar, Georges Brassens, Hervé Di Rosa, Manitas de Plata, and Robert Combas. Built upon and around Mont St Clair, Sète is situated on the south-eastern end of the Étang de Thau, an enclosed salt water lake used primarily for oyster and mussel fields. To its other side lies the Mediterranean, and the town has a network of canals which are links between the Étang de Thau and the Mediterranean Sea. Sète has a mediterranean climate. The average annual temperature in Sète is °C . The average annual rainfall is mm with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around °C , and lowest in January, at around °C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Sète was °C on 12 August 1923; the coldest temperature ever recorded was − °C on 10 February 1956.
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Location: Sète, Hérault, France
Photo credit: © Daniel Valla FRPS / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: bridge, courte, drawbridge, foch, france, la, maréchal, occitan, pointe, pont, rail, railway, road, sete, sncf, steel, train, ète, érault
