Mauguio

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Coordinates: 43°37′01″N 4°00′30″E / 43.6169444444, 4.00833333333

Commune of Mauguio
Location
Mauguio (France)
Mauguio
Administration
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon
Department Hérault
Arrondissement Montpellier
Canton Mauguio
Intercommunality Communauté de communes
du Pays de l'Or
Mayor Yvon Pradeille
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 0 m–51 m
(avg. 3 m)
Land area¹ 112.25 km²
Population²
(1999)		 14,974
 - Density 133.4/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 34154/ 34130
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Mauguio is a commune of the Hérault département, in southern France.

Melguelh is the Occitan name of a French town named Melgueil in French language (today's Mauguio).

[edit] County

Melguelh was an old county from the era of the Visigoths.

List of counts:

  • Aigulf I c. 750
  • Amic I  ? -778 (son of Aigulf)
  • Robert I 778-?
  • Adolf I  ?-?
  • Ernest I  ?-?
  • Eberard I  ? -812
  • same rulers as Barcelona 812-878
  • Guillermona c. 878-920 (married with Robert of Magalona)
  • Bernard I c. 920-930 (son of Guillermona)
  • Berenguer I c. 930-950 (son of Bernard I)
  • Bernard II c. 950-988 (son of Berenguer I)
  • Name unknown c. 988-989 (son of Bernard II)
  • Bernard III c. 989-1055 (son of the son of Bernard II)
  • Ramón I c. 1055-1079 (son of Bernard III)
  • Pere, 1079-after 1085 (son of Ramón I)
  • Ramón II, ?-1120 (son of Pere )
  • Bernard IV, 1120-? (son of Ramón II)
  • Beatriu, c. 1130-c. 1190 (daughter of Bernard IV)
  • Guillem, 1130-1135 (regent, lord of Montpellier)
  • Berenguer Ramón I, 1135-1144 (count of Provence, first husband of Beatriu)
  • Bernard V Pelet, 1146-1170 (Lord of Ales, second husband of Beatriu)
  • Ramón Berenguer II 1170-1190 (son of Beatriu and Berenguer Ramón I, associated 1170; count of Provence)
  • Ermessenda of Pelet, 1170-1176 (daughter of Beatriu and Bernard V Pelet, heir 1170; half county 1172-73)
  • Pere Bermon, 1170-1172 (lord of Anduze, first husband of Ermessenda)
  • Bertran I Pelet, 1172 (son of Beatriu and Bernard V Pelet, brother of Ermessenda)
  • Alfons of Aragon, 1172 (by cession from Bertran I)
  • Douce of Provence, 1172-1173 (daughter of Ramón Berenguer II; half county)
  • Ramón III, 1173-1190 (Raymond VI of Toulouse, second husband of Ermessenda; full county)

To Tolosa 1190

To France 1213

To the Bishops of Magalona 1215

[edit] Transportation

The airport of Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport is located in the area of Fréjorgues in the town of Mauguio.

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