If we only had to remember ten great moments of the year 2024, the editorial staff of Midi Libre offers you these…
A robbery in Clermont-l’Hérault
On April 10, the Dupuy de Parseval bank in Clermont-l'Hérault was the victim of a robbery by a heavily armed individual. Three bank agents had to hide, the gendarmes were quickly there, one of them opened fire on the attacker, who died shortly after. The man was known for violent acts. The emotion is great in Clermont-l'Hérault.
Festive day in Saint-Fulcran
The party was beautiful but terribly windy this Saturday, April 20 : the inauguration of the bell tower of Saint-Fulcran Cathedral was the occasion of an inauguration with great pomp. With three distinct moments, the first religious in the presence of the Archbishop of Montpellier Monseigneur Turini, who came to bless the bell tower alongside Father About, the second political with the presence of the regional president Carole Delga and finally, a very beautiful festive moment with aerialists throwing themselves from the top of the tower. The project, estimated at €1.8 million, was financed by the State to the tune of €1.2 million as part of the Recovery plan, with the Region paying €200,000 and the Department €50,000; and the City of Lodève €335,000 (spread over four years).
Midi Libre – SYLVIE CAMBON
A Salagou-Cirque de Mourèze label
The good news came in May: the higher commission for perspective and landscape sites gave its approval to obtaining the Grand Site de France label for the Salagou-Cirque de Mourèze site. The result of long-term collaborative work. In France, there are 22 labeled Grand Sites, in Hérault the Cirque de Navacelles and the Gorges de l'Hérault already benefit from the label.
Midi Libre – J. M.
Legislative upheaval
Like everywhere in the country, the inhabitants of the Cœur d’Hérault were surprised to return to the polls June 30 and July 7 after the dissolution of the National Assembly. In the fourth constituency of Hérault, the outgoing LFI deputy Sébastien Rome bowed to the National Rally candidate, Manon Bouquin. He who was elected in 2022 with 674 votes in advance, lost by 668 votes. The waltz-hesitation of the 3rd, Jean-François Eliaou, who finally under pressure from his party, Horizons, withdrew, changed nothing.
Midi Libre – Michael Esdourrubailh
Les Courageuses: the tribute to the women of harkis
The harkis arrived in Lodève just 60 years ago and to celebrate the place of women in carpet making, there was no need for less than an event spanning time. between September and November. “Les courageuses” took the form of an exhibition, conferences, concerts, the unveiling of a fresco… And the visit of the president of Mobilier national to the Savonnerie workshop, which continues the work started sixty years ago by the first liceresses. The year 2024 is also that of the creation of a new training course for whippersnappers, on site in Lodève.
Free Midi – ALAIN MENDEZ
The Gignac footbridge
It was placed in the night from March 14 to 15 and inaugurated on September 18 : the Gignac footbridge overlooking the A750 is the largest aluminum footbridge in France. Intended for pedestrians to pass through, it primarily allows the 900 high school students from the Simone-Veil high school, as well as users of the sports hall, to reach the heart of the city in complete safety.
Midi Libre – MICHAEL ESDOURRUBAILH
In the lake, cyanobacteria
Fifteen days in the middle of August with swimming not recommended in Lake Salagou! Soup of grimace for tourism professionals but the cyanobacteria in too high a concentration has pushed the authorities to call for caution. Finally, on August 27, the green flag flew again on the banks of this major tourist site.
80 years ago, Bir Hakeim
The commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Liberation took, in the Heart of Hérault, a special turn with the memory of the Bir Hakeim maquis. On September 14, a tribute was paid to the resistance fighters who died for France, at the Mourèze memorial, then in Canet where an exhibition was offered by the Amicale des amis de Bir Hakeim. A few days before the commemoration, the last of the Hérault resistance fighters of Bir Hakeim, Camille Verdeil, died at the age of 99.
Midi Libre – EL
A stele on the Larzac
On October 31, the mayor of Rives, Christian Bellas, received the representative of the American embassy to inaugurate a stele in tribute to the two US Army pilots who lost their lives here on November 1, 1944. Together not from the place where the ephemeral lake is formed, a stele has been installed in memory of the two victims of this air crash.
Midi Libre – J. M.
A Geopark targeting Unesco
The departmental council has submitted its application to UNESCO for its Terres d’Hérault Geopark. The grouping of geological sites in the sector, and the places which allow them to be understood, is a tourist asset according to the Department. UNESCO evaluators are expected next spring, the verdict will be delivered in 2026.
Midi Libre – SYLVIE CAMBON
