Boujan-sur-Libron

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Boujan-sur-Libron is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. ()

Alternative names: Population: 3 thous. (2020)Area: 2.71 mi²Coordinates: 43°21'57"N, 3°14'46"E

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Boujan-sur-Libron – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Béziers Cathedral, Fonseranes Locks, Orb Aqueduct, Water slope.

2.5 miSW
13th-century Roman Catholic church
Béziers Cathedral, Béziers
64 min walk • Béziers Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in Béziers, France. The edifice dates from the thirteenth century, having been erected on the site of an earlier building that was destroyed during the Massacre at Béziers in the Albigensian Crusade.
3.4 miSW
Canal
Fonseranes Locks, Béziers
87 min walk • Fonseranes Locks are a flight of staircase locks on the Canal du Midi near Béziers. They consist of eight oval-shaped lock chambers, characteristic of the Canal du Midi, and nine gates, which allow boats to be raised a height of 21.5 metres over a distance of 300 metres.
2.7 miSW
Bridge, Aqueduct
Orb Aqueduct, Béziers
70 min walk • The Orb Aqueduct is a bridge which carries the Canal du Midi over the Orb in the city of Béziers in Languedoc, France.
3.4 miSW
Canal
Water slope, Béziers
86 min walk • A water slope is a type of canal inclined plane built to carry boats from a canal or river at one elevation up or down to a canal or river at another elevation.
3.5 miNW
Locality
Corneilhan
91 min walk • Corneilhan is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.
2.5 miSW
Architecture, Church
St. James Church, Béziers
65 min walk • The Saint-Jacques de Béziers church is a Romanesque church located in Béziers in the French department of Hérault in the Occitanie region.
3.5 miSW
Canal
Fonseranes Water Slope, Béziers
90 min walk • The Fonseranes Water Slope, is a disused inclined plane on the Canal du Midi parallel to the Fonseranes Lock. It has a rise of 13.6 m and a slope of 5°. This technique for a water slope was described by the French engineer Jean Aubert in 1961. It was designed to lift vessels of up to 350 tonnes displacement.
2 miSW
Church
Église Saint-Aphrodise, Béziers
52 min walk • The Basilica of Saint-Aphrodise de Béziers is a Romanesque basilica located in Béziers in the French department of Hérault and the region Occitanie.
3.9 miSE
Church
Saint Stephen's Church, Villeneuve-lès-Béziers
100 min walk • The Church of the Invention of Saint Stephen is a partially Romanesque church located in Villeneuve-lès-Béziers in the French department of Hérault in the Occitanie region.
2.2 miSW
43°20'41"N • 3°12'46"E
Galerie de la Madeleine, Béziers
57 min walk • Square
2.3 miSW
Monuments and statues
Buste de Jean Laurès, Béziers
60 min walk • Jean Laurès was an Occitan writer and poet, born in Villeneuve-lès-Béziers on July 26, 1822 and died in Béziers on January 20, 1902. Jean Laurès was a félibre and majoral of Béziers.