Oppidum d’Ensérune

The Oppidum of Ensérune is regarded as one of the most important Gaulish villages in the Mediterranean south of France and is protected as a Monument national. The hill was occupied without interruption from the 6th century BC to the 1st century AD, with Iberian, Celtic, Greek and Italic influences. You can see the remains of a Roman house, cisterns, a granary with buried storage jars (dolia) and several phases of the town wall.

The museum displays finds from the excavations in three rooms, including weapons, vases and ornaments that illustrate daily life and trade. From the hilltop you look down on the drained Étang de Montady, whose drainage system dates from the 13th century and still works today; its fields form a star-shaped pattern. A 7.1 km walking trail across the Ensérune hills starts at the Stade Louis Espeluque. From October to March the site is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays (as of October 2026). Allow about two hours.