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Goudargues

Coordinates: 44°12′59″N 4°28′00″E / 44.2164°N 4.4667°E / 44.2164; 4.4667
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Goudargues
The Quai de la Fontaine in Goudargues
The Quai de la Fontaine in Goudargues
Coat of arms of Goudargues
Location of Goudargues
Map
Goudargues is located in France
Goudargues
Goudargues
Goudargues is located in Occitanie
Goudargues
Goudargues
Coordinates: 44°12′59″N 4°28′00″E / 44.2164°N 4.4667°E / 44.2164; 4.4667
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentGard
ArrondissementNîmes
CantonPont-Saint-Esprit
IntercommunalityCA Gard Rhodanien
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Fred Mahler[1]
Area
1
30.27 km2 (11.69 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,116
 • Density37/km2 (95/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.

Goudargues (French pronunciation: [ɡudaʁɡ]; Occitan: Godargues) 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.

History

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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.[3]

Geography

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Gard Provencal". Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.