a city of France, in the department of Herault. It is seated on the river Herault between two and three miles from its mouth, where it falls into the Gulf of Lyons, and where there is a fort built to guard its entrance. The greater part of the inhabitants are merchants or seamen. The city is extended along the river where it forms a little port wherein ships of 200 tons may enter. Pop. in 1846, 8321.