Located in southern France and named after the Hérault river, Hérault department was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution in 1790. It is very geographically diverse, with beaches in the south, the Cévennes mountains in the north, and agricultural land in between. Its capital city is Montpellier, the third-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast after Marseille and Nice.
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