Loupian

Loupian in Occitan Lopian is a common French, located in the department of the Herault and the area Languedoc-Roussillon. Its inhabitants is called Loupianais.

Geography

Loupian is located between the pond of Thau at the south and a zone of vines and scrubland at north. The climate is Mediterranean.

Communes bordering

Loupian has as communes bordering: Mèze, Bouzigues, Villeveyrac and Poussan.

Access to the commune

The commune is served by the Trunk road 113 and a9 highway.

History

The village of Loupian is on the layout of the Via Domitia. The Archéologie revealed the presence of a very important Gallo-Roman villa dedicated to the production of wine and its export. For that the villa had a workshop of productions of Amphore S (estampillées MR. HAS F) and of a port on banks of the pond of Thau. This field became with the Ve century a sumptuous field on the covered ground of mosaics.

To a few hundred meters of the villa and close to the current church Holy-Cecile, one found the remainders of a large church paléochétienne (20 m X 30 m), with a hexagonal baptismal tank and accompanying documents. Later a necropolis is created on the grounds of this church.

With the Middle Ages, the village settles to a few hundred meters of the church paléochétienne; it was surrounded by a wall, including the castle of Loupian (today town hall of the commune) and its vault castrale (Saint-Hippolyte) of Romance style. The bedside of the vault is remarkable: with polygonal form, it is covered by a vault in bottom of furnace, carried out using small rectangular blocks. Under the vault, four toric arcs cross two to two, like drawing diagrammatic intersecting ribs.

In XIVe century was built (or rebuilt) the church Holy-Cecile of southernmost Gothic style, with a single nave, with the walls reinforced by buttresses.

The commune was on the territory of the old diocese of Agde.

Administration

Demography

Economy

The two main activities of Loupian are the Viticulture and the Ostréiculture in the pond of Thau.

Places and monuments

Villa Gallo-Roman - Mosaic (art).
Church castrale Saint-Hyppolite , of Romance style (XIIe century).
Remainders of the church paléochrétienne of Holy-Cecile.
Church Holy-Cecile , of southernmost Gothic style (XIVe century).
old Houses.

Personalities related to the commune

House RENOUVIER is originating in Loupian (Herault) in Languedoc. During the time going of 1754 to 1783 Renouvier occupy the function of first consul of Loupian. Renouvier settle in Montpellier with Jean Antoine who marries Marie Agathe Elisabeth Crassous. They will be landowners, lawyer, archeologist, philosophical, they will occupy various public office. Renouvier would be of Protestant origin and always savagely anti-catholics (it is the case of Charles the philosopher). To Montpellier a boulevard bears their names, to Loupian cradle of the family a modest street recalls their origins.

Animal totemic

As much of villages of Herault, Loupian has an animal totemic: the Wolf , which leaves the Carnival and feastdays of.

See too

Common of Herault

External bonds

Official site of the village
Official site of the Gallo-Roman villa
Loupian on the site of the national geographical Institute
Loupian on the site of INSEE
Loupian on the site of Quid
Localization of Loupian on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Loupian on Mapquest

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