translate English to German: At the time of the Reformation in the 16th century , many of its inhabitants became Protestants (or Huguenots as they were known in France) and it became a stronghold of Protestant resistance to the (mainly Catholic) French crown.
1220 - Im Mittelalter wurde der Via Domitia als Pilgerweg nach Santiago de Compostela benutzt. Die Kirche Notre-Dame-des-Tables in Montpellier war eine bedeutender Halt für die Jakobspilger.