Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette

Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette
Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette
Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Lodève
Canton	Le Caylar
Intercommunality	Lodévois - Larzac
Government
• Mayor (2001–2015)	Frédéric Roig
Area1	32.13 km2 (12.41 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	148
• Density	4.6/km2 (12/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	34196 / 34700
Elevation	223–822 m (732–2,697 ft) (avg. 315 m or 1,033 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette is a commune in the Hérault department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France. It is at the foot of the Larzac plateau.

Administration

List of recent mayors

From	To	Name	Party
March 2001	Present	Frédéric Roig	Parti Socialiste

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	152	—
1968	168	+10.5%
1975	157	−6.5%
1982	159	+1.3%
1990	141	−11.3%
1999	137	−2.8%
2008	148	+8.0%

Sights

• Cave Coopérative
• Arboretum du Mas du Rouquet

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department

References

• INSEE