Cournonterral (French pronunciation: [kuʁnɔ̃tɛʁal]; Occitan: Cornonterralh) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.
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Cournonterral | |
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Tower and Sainte-Croix church | |
Coordinates: 43°33′32″N 3°43′12″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Hérault |
Arrondissement | Montpellier |
Canton | Pignan |
Intercommunality | Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | William Ars[1] |
Area 1 | 28.62 km2 (11.05 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 6,654 |
• Density | 230/km2 (600/sq mi) |
Demonym | Cournonterralais |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 34088 /34660 |
Elevation | 29–320 m (95–1,050 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Residents are known as Cournonterralais.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 2,088 | — |
1975 | 2,460 | +2.37% |
1982 | 3,062 | +3.18% |
1990 | 4,095 | +3.70% |
1999 | 5,069 | +2.40% |
2007 | 5,586 | +1.22% |
2012 | 5,859 | +0.96% |
2017 | 6,110 | +0.84% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
The town is known for an annual festival known as Pailhasses. The festival has taken place in Cournonterral every Ash Wednesday since 1346. In that year, residents held off rivals from their neighbouring village of Aumelas, thus putting an end to a long dispute over gathering firewood. Since that time, Cournonterral residents have relived the event every year. The Paillasses (people in straw-stuffed tops) chase the "white men" through the streets of the town with old rags and tissue soaked in wine sediment.
A fictionalized version of the Pailhasses is presented in Agnès Varda's film "Vagabond".
- Robert Lassalvy, editorial cartoonist
- Cédric Cambon, professional footballer
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