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Encyclopedia Britannica



AGDE

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 372 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ADA-AIZ
AGDE , a town of southern France, in the department of Herault, on the left bank of the river of that name, 21 M. from the Mediterranean Sea and 32 M. S.W. of Montpellier on the Southern railway. Pop. (1906) 7146. The town lies at the foot of an
extinct
 
volcano
 , the Montagne St Loup, and is built of black volcanic basalt, which gives it a gloomy
appearance
 . Overlooking the river is the
church
  of St Andre, which
dates
  partly from the 12th century, and, till the Revolution, was a
cathedral
 . It is a plain and massive structure with crenelated walls, and has the aspect of a fortress rather than of a
church
 . The exterior is diversified by arched recesses forming machicolations, and the same architectural .feature is reproduced in the square tower which rises like a donjon above the building. The Canal du Midi, or
Languedoc
  canal, uniting the
Garonne
  with the Mediterranean, passes under the walls of the town,
and the mouth of the Herault forms a harbour which is protected by a fort. The maritime commerce of the town has declined, owing partly to the neighbourhood of Cette, partly to the shallowness of the Herault. The fishing industry is, however, still active. The
chief
  public institutions are the tribunal of commerce and the communal college.
Agde is a place of
great
  antiquity and is said to have been founded under the name of a'yaOi rats (Good City) by the Phocaeans. The bishopric was established about the year 400 and was suppressed in 1790.


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