What is Lodève?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Lodève |commune status = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image flag = |image flag size = |flag legend = |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Lodève (Hérault).svg |image coat of arms size = |city motto = |image = Lodève vue générale.JPG |caption = View of Lodève |map = |adjustable map = |time zone = |coordinates = {{coord|43.3476|3.317308|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Lodève |canton = Lodève |subdivisions entry = |subdivisions = |intercommunality = Lodévois et Larzac |mayor = Marie-Christine Bousquet <ref>{{cite web |publisher=Ville de Lodève |title=Vie municipale - Le Maire |url=http://lodeve.com/vie-municipale/vos-elus/le-maire/ |language=fr |access-date=1 March 2017 |archive-date=24 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324124335/http://lodeve.com/vie-municipale/vos-elus/le-maire/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |party = |term = 2014-2020 |elevation m = 165 |elevation min m = 117 |elevation max m = 700 |area km2 = 23.17 |population_demonym = Lodévois |population = 7381 |population ranking = |population date = 2014 |urban area km2 = |urban area date = |urban pop = |urban pop date = |INSEE = 34142 |postal code = 34700 |website = [http://www.lodeve.com/ www.lodeve.com] }} '''Lodève''' ({{lang-oc|Lodeva}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Hérault]] [[Departments of France|département]] in the [[Occitanie]] [[Regions of France|region]] in southern [[France]]. It is a [[Prefectures in France|subprefecture]] of the department and also the [[Capital city|capital]