Goudargues

Goudargues is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Known locally as the Venise Gardoise, because of the canal that flows through it centre. This is lined with pavement cafés and shaded by a two rows of mature plane trees.

Goudargues
The Quai de la Fontaine in Goudargues
Coat of arms
Location of Goudargues
Goudargues
Goudargues
Coordinates: 44°12′59″N 4°28′00″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentGard
ArrondissementNîmes
CantonPont-Saint-Esprit
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Martial Bonnefond (PR)
Area
1
30.27 km2 (11.69 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2017)[1]
1,100
  Density36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
30131 /30630
Elevation70–332 m (230–1,089 ft)
(avg. 71 m or 233 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

The Romans are known to have been present in the locality. In AD 800, Benedictine monks from Aniane founded an abbey around the lake of Gordanicus. This lake, near the Cèze was fed by natural springs. It was this abbey that is the basis of modern Goudargues- and the settlements name is derived from Gordanicus.[2]

Geography

The village of Goudargues is situated in the Cèze valley, to the north of the Gard department. Not too far from Avignon, the Pont du Gard, Uzès and Nîmes.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962637    
1968645+1.3%
1975612−5.1%
1982680+11.1%
1990788+15.9%
1999945+19.9%
20081,021+8.0%


Canal In Goudargues, 2016

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Gard Provencal


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