The place is named after one of the most famous wine-growing regions of southern France. It is located 19 kilometers south of Bédarieux on the road and railway line to Béziers. It is popular as a tourist destination especially in English.

Faugères was already settled in Roman times. The remains of six Roman villas have been preserved. In Visigothic time here was a chapel. Canonically Faugères belonged to the nearby Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodève. In the 8th Century, the region suffered under attacks of the Saracens. 934 The first mention is as a "villa", in 1084 a castle was built here, is named after the famous vineyard "Châteaux de Faugères". In the 12th Century was the place was a city fortification have received from the remains. The Huguenots in 1577 established its own prayer house, which they used until their expulsion 1685th In 1858, the city received a railway connection.

The most striking building of the town is the Château de Faugères, whose two towers from the 13th Th century. On the south facade of the four wings are visible remnants of coats of arms, but the caption is no longer decipher. In addition, the Maison Planque is worth seeing, as well as three well-preserved windmills, whose best-known 18th - Century dates (you can see in these panoramas!).

Faugères has a small local museum, devoted to the bee and the blossom of the area. Above the town there is a lookout point with panoramic views over the village. Not far from Faugères are two caves, the Grotte de Buscabre and the Grotte de Fournier.