Editing Lodève (section)

{{short description|Subprefecture of Hérault, Occitanie}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Lodève
|commune status         = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]]
|image                  = Lodeve Pont de Fer.jpg
|caption                = The iron bridge in Lodève
|image coat of arms     = Blason ville fr Lodève (Hérault).svg
|arrondissement         = Lodève
|canton                 = Lodève
|INSEE                  = 34142
|postal code            = 34700
|demonym                = Lodévois, Lodévoise
|mayor                  = Gaëlle Lévêque<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=6 June 2023|language=fr}}</ref>
|party                  = [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = Lodévois et Larzac
|coordinates            = {{coord|43.7325|3.3203|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 165
|elevation min m        = 117
|elevation max m        = 700
|area km2               = 23.17
|website                = http://www.lodeve.com
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Lodève''' ({{IPA|fr|lodɛv|-|Fr-Paris--Lodève.ogg}}; {{langx|oc|Lodeva}}, {{IPA|oc|luˈðeβɔ|}}; {{langx|la|Luteva}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Departments of France|department]] of [[Hérault]], in the [[Regions of France|region]] of [[Occitania (administrative region)|Occitania]], southern [[France]]. It is a [[Subprefectures in France|subprefecture]] of the department. The derivation of the city's name is from [[Gaulish]] ''Luteva'', composed of lut-, swamp, mud + suffix -eva. It might therefore translate as ''the muddy place'' or ''the swamp city''. This mud could be a [[clay]], called [[argillite]], which was use during [[ancient history]] to produce [[pottery]].