Lower Languedoc - Montpellier, Nîmes and Béziers
Montpellier, Nîmes, Béziers, Sète, Alès, Agde. Which empire held this ground in which years — and, the part that matters, which archive that means.
Whose archive this ground was
| Years | Who held it | Whose archive that means |
|---|---|---|
| 1209–1229 | Languedoc fiefs - Albigensian Crusade | no registers survive Crusaders massacred the population of Béziers in July 1209. The crusade ended with the Treaty of Paris (Meaux) of 12 April 1229. |
| 1229–1542 | Kingdom of France - Languedoc, sénéchaussée of Beaucaire | Archives départementales de l'Hérault · Archives départementales du Gard · Archives départementales de la Lozère · Archives municipales de Montpellier · Archives municipales de Nîmes · Archives municipales de Béziers · FamilySearch · Geneanet Gévaudan (1258), Melgueil (1293) and the lordship of Montpellier (1349) were absorbed into the crown lands, and the sénéchaussées of Beaucaire, Carcassonne and Toulouse were perpetually united in 1359. The Estates of Languedoc first met in 1346. |
| 1542–1790 | Kingdom of France - Bas-Languedoc (généralité of Montpellier) | Archives départementales de l'Hérault · Archives départementales du Gard · Archives départementales de la Lozère · Archives municipales de Montpellier · Archives municipales de Nîmes · Archives municipales de Béziers · FamilySearch · Geneanet In 1542 the province was split into two généralités, Toulouse and Montpellier (Bas-Languedoc). From 1682 a single intendant based at Montpellier administered both. |
| 1790–1956 | France - Hérault, Gard and Lozère departments | Archives départementales de l'Hérault · Archives départementales du Gard · Archives départementales de la Lozère · Archives municipales de Montpellier · Archives municipales de Nîmes · Archives municipales de Béziers · FamilySearch · Geneanet The généralités ended in 1789 and the province was dissolved in 1791. Civil registration passed to the municipalities by the decree of 20 September 1792. |
| 1956–2026 | France - Occitanie | Archives départementales de l'Hérault · Archives départementales du Gard · Archives départementales de la Lozère · Archives municipales de Montpellier · Archives municipales de Nîmes · Archives municipales de Béziers · FamilySearch · Geneanet Since 2016 the former province's area lies in Occitanie, with part in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. |
The rings are approximate — deliberately. They exist to shade which filing system a place fell under, not to adjudicate a border. A place near a ring's edge should be checked against both neighbours.
See the whole span, 1209–2026, on the map →
The map takes a range, and a range that crosses one of the rows above is where records get lost: the family never moved, and the archive on the far side of the handover will tell you it holds nothing.
2 places on this ground
118 FamilySearch collections reach this ground
Ranked with the regional ones first — a collection for a province is usually a better lead than a national index, though the national index is often where a name is actually written down. A free account opens the images.
- L'Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE) ↗ 1882–2023 27,001,076 records regional
- Luxembourg, Census Records, 1843-1900 ↗ 1843–1900 4,105,764 records regional
- Luxembourg, Church and Civil Registration, 1601-1923 ↗ 1601–1923 3,005,872 records regional
- Luxembourg, Civil Registration, 1796-1941 ↗ 1796–1941 253,875 records regional
- Luxembourg, Births and Baptisms, 1662-1840 ↗ 1662–1840 7,705 records regional
- Luxembourg Marriages, 1700-1810 ↗ 1700–1810 1,663 records regional
- Luxembourg, Deaths and Burials, 1702-1798 ↗ 1702–1798 1,245 records regional
- Luxembourg, Church Records, 1601-1948 ↗ 1601–1948 0 records regional
- Luxembourg, Notarial Records, 1621-1821 ↗ 1621–1821 0 records regional
- France, Insee Social Security Death Index, 1970-2022 ↗ 1970–2022 27,217,470 records
- France, Côtes-d'Armor, Parish and Civil Registration, 1467-1920 ↗ 1467–1920 9,861,214 records
- France, Haute-Garonne, Parish and Civil Registration, 1539-1993 ↗ 1539–1993 8,970,706 records
- France, Nord, Parish and Civil Registration, 1524-1893 ↗ 1523–1893 8,717,405 records
- France, Isere, Parish and Civil Registration, 1540-1900 ↗ 1539–1900 8,331,658 records
- France, Dordogne, Church and Civil Registration, 1540-1897 ↗ 1539–1897 7,857,723 records
- France, Savoie, Parish and Civil Registration, 1500-1927 ↗ 1500–1927 7,363,246 records
- France, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892 ↗ 1530–1892 7,228,055 records
- France, Mayenne, Parish and Civil Registration, 1427-1897 ↗ 1426–1897 5,403,554 records
- France, Indre, Parish and Civil Registration, 1564-1905 ↗ 1564–1905 5,322,228 records
- France, Births and Baptisms, 1546-1896 ↗ 1546–1896 5,313,811 records
- France, Pas-de-Calais, Parish and Civil Registration, 1553-1902 ↗ 1553–1902 5,177,375 records
- France, Bas-Rhin, Parish and Civil Registration, 1525-1912 ↗ 1525–1912 4,303,261 records
- France, Aude, Parish and Civil Registration, 1537-1882 ↗ 1537–1882 4,272,925 records
- France, Creuse, Parish and Civil Registration, 1568-1903 ↗ 1568–1903 4,179,408 records
- France, Eure-et-Loir, Parish and Civil Registration, 1526-1902 ↗ 1525–1902 4,131,623 records
- France, Landes, Parish and Civil Registration, 1580-1898 ↗ 1580–1898 3,896,260 records
- France, Haute-Saône, Parish and Civil Registration, 1551-1872 ↗ 1551–1872 3,757,991 records
- France, Seine-Maritime, Civil Registration, 1793-1879 ↗ 1793–1879 3,390,985 records
- France, Ardennes, Parish and Civil Registration, 1558-1893 ↗ 1558–1893 2,800,279 records
- Africa, French Colonial Civil Registration Records, 1700–1950 ↗ 1700–1950 2,789,809 records
- France, Loire-Atlantique, Civil Registration, 1792-1960 ↗ 1792–1960 2,710,678 records
- France, Charente, Parish and Civil Registration, 1550-1936 ↗ 1549–1936 2,579,938 records
- France, Brittany, Church and Civil Records, 1521-1896 ↗ 1520–1905 2,427,746 records
- France, Var, Civil Registration, 1793-1914 ↗ 1793–1914 2,306,783 records
- France, Ariège, Parish and Civil Registration, 1583-1923 ↗ 1583–1923 2,306,239 records
- France, Hautes-Alpes, Parish and Civil Registration, 1583-1931 ↗ 1583–1931 2,301,156 records
- France, Vosges, Parish and Civil Registration, 1522-1956 ↗ 1522–1956 2,184,571 records
- France, Pyrénées-Orientales, Parish and Civil Registration, 1451-1897 ↗ 1451–1897 2,081,774 records
- France, Vendée, Parish and Civil Registration, 1508-1894 ↗ 1508–1894 1,994,474 records
- France, Morbihan, Parish and Civil Registration, 1536-1894 ↗ 1535–1894 1,975,120 records
- France, Loiret, Civil Registration, 1793-1906 ↗ 1793–1906 1,965,105 records
- France, Calvados, Civil Registration, 1792-1942 ↗ 1792–1942 1,692,790 records
- France, Ardèche, Parish and Civil Registration, 1481-1924 ↗ 1481–1924 1,446,261 records
- France, Nord, Census, 1906 ↗ 1906–1906 1,339,687 records
- France, Gironde, Civil Registration, 1696-1912 ↗ 1696–1912 1,219,475 records
- France, Marriages, 1546-1924 ↗ 1546–1924 1,178,188 records
- France, Haute-Garonne, Toulouse, Church Records, 1539-1793 ↗ 1538–1793 826,831 records
- France, Loire-Atlantique, Nantes, Civil Registration, 1747-1907 ↗ 1747–1907 770,219 records
- France, Seine-Saint-Denis, Parish and Civil Registration, 1523-1932 ↗ 1522–1932 707,658 records
- France, Saône-et-Loire, Census, 1876 ↗ 1876–1876 692,910 records
- France, Saône-et-Loire, Census, 1896 ↗ 1896–1896 622,811 records
- France, Côtes-d'Armor, Census, 1876 ↗ 1876–1876 618,426 records
- France, Coutances et d'Avranches Diocese, Catholic Parish Records, 1533-1894 ↗ 1532–1894 613,224 records
- France, Saône-et-Loire, Census, 1856 ↗ 1856–1856 577,784 records
- France, Haute-Garonne, Toulouse, Civil Registration, 1792-1893 ↗ 1792–1893 548,009 records
- France, Saône-et-Loire, Census, 1836 ↗ 1836–1836 545,834 records
- France, Dordogne, Censuses, 1856 ↗ 1851–1861 530,703 records
- France, Dordogne, Censuses, 1876 ↗ 1871–1881 497,323 records
- France, Dordogne, Census, 1836 ↗ 1836–1836 489,379 records
- France, Dordogne, Censuses, 1891 ↗ 1891–1891 471,373 records
…and 58 more.