Oppidum d’Ensérune
The Oppidum d'Ensérune is an ancient hill-town near the village of Nissan-lez-Ensérune, France, located between Béziers and Narbonne close to the D609 and Canal du Midi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Malpas Tunnel and Nissan.
Malpas Tunnel
Canal
The Malpas tunnel carries the Canal du Midi under the d'Ensérune hill in Hérault, France. Excavated in 1679, it was Europe's first navigable canal tunnel and is a monument to the determination of Pierre-Paul Riquet, the chief engineer. Malpas Tunnel is situated 1¼ km east of Oppidum d’Ensérune.
Nissan
Railway stop
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Nissan is a railway stop, which is situated 1½ km south of Oppidum d’Ensérune.
Église Saint-Sylvestre-et-Sainte-Colombe de Colombiers
Church
Photo: Alexbouffin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Sylvestre-et-Sainte-Colombe de Colombiers is a church, which is situated 2 km east of Oppidum d’Ensérune.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colombiers and Salles-d’Aude.
Colombiers
Village
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Colombiers is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.
Salles-d’Aude
Village
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Salles-d'Aude is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. Salles-d’Aude is situated 8 km south of Oppidum d’Ensérune.
Béziers
Photo: Sanchezn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Béziers is a city in the Hérault department in Occitanie, France. The city shows signs of Neolithic occupation, but the first recorded settlement was the Roman town of Baeterrae.
Oppidum d’Ensérune
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: human settlement in France
- Categories: archaeological site, oppidum, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Nissan-lez-Enserune, Arrondissement of Béziers, Hérault, Occitanie, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.3098° or 43° 18′ 35″ northLongitude
3.11175° or 3° 6′ 42″ eastElevation
28 metres (92 feet)Open location code
8FM58456+WMOpenStreetMap ID
way 86553304OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
12420935Wikidata ID
Q77221
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Oppidum d’Ensérune” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ensérune”
- Basque: “Enséruneko oppiduma”
- Catalan: “Enserune”
- Catalan: “Oppidum d’Ausseruna”
- Czech: “oppidum v Ensérune”
- Dutch: “Oppidum d’Enserune”
- Dutch: “Oppidum d’Ensérune”
- French: “oppidum d’Ensérune”
- French: “Oppidum d’Ensérune”
- German: “Ensérune”
- German: “Oppidum d’Ensérune”
- Italian: “Ensérune”
- Italian: “Oppidum d’Ensérune”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Oppidum d’Ausseruna”
- Persian: “اوپیدوم دانسروم”
- Spanish: “Oppidum de Enserune”
- Spanish: “Oppidum de Ensérune”
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