Sète station

The Canal de Beaucaire was a canal in southern France. It is now part of the Canal du Rhône à Sète along with the Canal des Ètangs. The originator was to be the Marshal de Noailles. However he did nothing and his concession was revoked. It was then granted to a company formed by Marshal de Richelieu, but again, nothing was accomplished until the state of Languedoc took over. Construction was finally begun in 1777 and completed in 1808. It was to connect the city of Aigues-Mortes to the Rhone.

The Canal du Rhône à Sète (French pronunciation: [kanal dy ʁon a sɛt]; lit. "canal from the Rhône to Sète") is a canal in southern France, which connects the Étang de Thau in Sète to the Rhône River in Beaucaire, Gard. The canal is made up of two previously constructed canals, the Canal des Étangs and Canal de Beaucaire. It connects with the Canal du Midi through the Étang de Thau. There is, however, no access to the Rhône at Beaucaire as the lock has been closed since the Vallebregues barrage was built. The possibility of re-establishing the link "is being studied, but there is no prospect for the immediate future". Access to the Rhône is instead via the lock situated to the west of Saint-Gilles which links the canal to the Petit Rhône and from there northeastwards to the junction with the Grand Rhône at Fourques situated to the north of Arles. Apart from the lock at Saint-Gilles there is only one other operating lock on the canal between St Gilles and Beaucaire. The canal is almost totally situated at sea level and the western part from the Vidourle river to the Étang de Thau is a sea-water canal. In recent years major work has been undertaken to upgrade the canal so it can now be used by 1200t convoys instead of the previous 350t barges. Most notable are a stretch of canal bypassing the town of Aigues-Mortes with its railway swing bridge and a direct canal link to the port of Sète eliminating the passage of lifting and swing bridges in Frontignan and Sète.

Sète (French pronunciation: [sɛt]; Occitan: Seta, [ˈsetɔ]), also historically spelt Cette (official until 1928) and Sette, is a commune in the Hérault department, in the region of Occitania, southern France. Its inhabitants are called Sétois (male) and Sétoises (female) in French, "Setòris" and "Setòria" in Occitan. Known as the Venice of Languedoc and the singular island (in Paul Valéry's words), 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. Since 2001, François Commeinhes is the mayor of the city.

The canton of Sète is an administrative division of the Hérault department, southern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Sète.

Stade Louis-Michel is a multi-purpose stadium in Sète, France. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium of FC Sète 34. The stadium is able to hold 8,500 people.

The Stade Georges-Bayrou is a football stadium located in Sète, France. It was the home of FC Sète 34 before the inauguration of the Stade Louis-Michel in 1990. It was named after Georges Bayrou, former president of FC Sète. However, the ground is still used by the club for training. Amateur club Pointe-Courte AC Sète is now a tenant of the stadium.

Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée (before September 2017: Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Thau) is an intercommunal government structure, in the Hérault département of the Occitanie région, in France. Its seat is in Frontignan. Its area is 310.3 km2. Its population was 125,325 in 2018, of which 43,686 in Sète and 22,731 in Frontignan. The Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Thau was established in December 2002. The former Communauté de communes du Nord du Bassin de Thau was merged into it in January 2017, and its name was changed to Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée in September 2017.

Balaruc-les-Bains (French pronunciation: [balaʁyk le bɛ̃]; Occitan: Los Banhs de Balaruc) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Balaruc-le-Vieux (French pronunciation: [balaʁyk lə vjø]; Occitan: Balaruc Vièlh) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Bouzigues (French pronunciation: [buziɡ]; Bosigas in Occitan) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.