also assumed that the Jewish community was never large, since it did not own a cemetery and buried their dead in Béziers, three miles away. The Jewish name of the city was Agdi, or Akdi (אגדי). During World War II, about two thousand Jews from Germany and Austria were sent to a labour camp near the town; most were deported on 24 August 1942. Sport and leisure Agde has a football club RCO Agde who play at the Stade Louis Sanguin. They currently play in the Championnat de France amateur 2. Agde also has a rugby club, Rugby Olympique Agathois (ROA), who play in the French Federale 1 competition. Twin towns - sister cities See also Cap d'Agde, the seaside resort of Agde Ancient Diocese of Agde List of traditional Greek place names Communes of the Hérault department References External links Agde (official site) Agde has one of the biggest naturist centres of Europe Richard Stillwell, ed. Princeton Encyclopædia of Classical Sites, 1976: "Agatha (Agde) Hérault, France" Recent undersea find of bronzes Communes of Hérault Massalian colonies Judaism in France Languedoc Hérault communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia Phocaean colonies