sentences:  Lodève is an ancient town of Celtic origin, situated at some distance from the Mediterranean coast.It sits at the foot of the mountains of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, about 45 kilometres north-west of Montpellier.The former Diocese of Lodève, probably founded towards the end of the 4th century, was suppressed during the French Revolution, and was not restored; its territory was instead attached to the Diocese, later Archdiocese, of Montpellier.