La tour de l’horloge

La tour de l’horloge is a tower in Pignan, Arrondissement of Montpellier, Occitanie. La tour de l’horloge is situated near the church Église de l’Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Pignan, as well as near Chapelle des pénitents blancs.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Église de l’Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Pignan and Château du Comte de Turenne.

Église de l’Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Pignan

Church

Photo: Fagairolles 34, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Église de l’Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Pignan is a church, which is situated 120 metres northwest of La tour de l’horloge.

Château du Comte de Turenne

Castle

Photo: Fagairolles 34, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Château du Comte de Turenne is a castle, which is situated 180 metres southwest of La tour de l’horloge.

Église de la Nativité-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Church

Photo: Fagairolles 34, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Église de la Nativité-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste is a church, which is situated 1½ km southeast of La tour de l’horloge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Jean de Védas and Celleneuve.

Saint Jean de Védas

Town

Photo: Fagairolles 34, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Saint-Jean-de-Védas is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Saint Jean de Védas is situated 5 km east of La tour de l’horloge.

Celleneuve is a part of Mosson neighbourhood, in the West of the city of Montpellier, Hérault, France. The place name can be translated as new cellar. It first appeared in Aniane's cartulary, written in 799, where it is mentioned that Benedict of Aniane created a priory, called Cella nova on the soil of Juvignac, even before the city of Montpellier was founded. Celleneuve is situated 6 km northeast of La tour de l’horloge.

Montpellier

Photo: Wolfgang Staudt, CC BY 2.0.

Montpellier is the principal city in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southwest France. It's been one of the fastest growing cities in France since the 1990s.

La tour de l’horloge

Type: Tower
Categories: building and historic site
Location: Pignan, Arrondissement of Montpellier, Hérault, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude

43.5828° or 43° 34′ 58″ north

Longitude

3.7633° or 3° 45′ 48″ east

Open location code

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OpenStreetMap ID

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Chapelle des pénitents blancs and Temple de l’Église protestante unie de France de Pignan.

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Places to explore: Préférence Immo and Crêperie de l’Horloge.

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