Portiragnes

Portiragnes is a municipality in the department of Hérault in the Languedoc- Roussillon region in southern France. It has called 3202 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011), the " Portiragnais ".

Center of the village is the native of the 12th century church of Saint -Felix of black volcanic stone. On the outskirts there is the tower of the airport Béziers- Agde -Vias.

Demographics

Tourism

At Portiragnes also the sea-front neighborhood belongs Portiragnes -Plage. The beaches (swimming, tanning in the summer, walk in winter), drag it to a very large number of tourists. To this end, numerous holiday villages have been created here in the second half of the 20th century.

The urban area of ​​Portiragnes is crossed by the Canal du Midi, which here has two locks. The canal is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996.