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Bagnols-sur-Cèze
Bagnols-sur-Cèze | |
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Commune | |
 The main square in Bagnols-sur-Cèze | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bagnols-sur-Cèze | |
  Bagnols-sur-Cèze Show map of France  Bagnols-sur-Cèze Show map of Occitanie | |
| Coordinates: 44°09′44″N 4°37′09″E / 44.1623°N 4.6193°E / 44.1623; 4.6193Coordinates: 44°09′44″N 4°37′09″E / 44.1623°N 4.6193°E / 44.1623; 4.6193 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Nîmes |
| Canton | Bagnols-sur-Cèze |
| Intercommunality | Rhône Cèze Languedoc |
| Government | |
| • Mayor .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} (2010–2014) |
Jean-Christian Rey |
| Area 1 |
31.37 km2 (12.11 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)2 |
18,375 |
| • Density | 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
30028 /30200 |
| Elevation | 30–268 m (98–879 ft) (avg. 47 m or 154 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Bagnols-sur-Cèze (Occitan: Banhòus de Céser) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitanie région in southern France.
Contents
1 History
2 Population
3 Sights
4 International relations
4.1 Twin towns – Sister cities
5 Notable people
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
History
A small regional center, Bagnols-sur-Cèze was quite certainly a Roman town (the name of the town comes from the Latin balnearius meaning baths) before the main part was built in the 13th century around a central arcaded square that is still preserved today. At the same period, the regional market was installed here, undoubtedly contributing to its expansion.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 4,800 | — |
| 1800 | 4,888 | +1.8% |
| 1806 | 4,994 | +2.2% |
| 1821 | 4,921 | −1.5% |
| 1831 | 4,902 | −0.4% |
| 1836 | 4,847 | −1.1% |
| 1841 | 4,090 | −15.6% |
| 1846 | 4,827 | +18.0% |
| 1851 | 4,780 | −1.0% |
| 1856 | 4,870 | +1.9% |
| 1861 | 5,050 | +3.7% |
| 1866 | 5,184 | +2.7% |
| 1872 | 4,876 | −5.9% |
| 1876 | 4,930 | +1.1% |
| 1881 | 4,666 | −5.4% |
| 1886 | 4,458 | −4.5% |
| 1891 | 4,454 | −0.1% |
| 1896 | 4,500 | +1.0% |
| 1901 | 4,461 | −0.9% |
| 1906 | 4,582 | +2.7% |
| 1911 | 4,445 | −3.0% |
| 1921 | 3,918 | −11.9% |
| 1926 | 4,450 | +13.6% |
| 1931 | 4,481 | +0.7% |
| 1936 | 4,669 | +4.2% |
| 1946 | 5,211 | +11.6% |
| 1954 | 5,546 | +6.4% |
| 1962 | 12,905 | +132.7% |
| 1968 | 16,468 | +27.6% |
| 1975 | 17,534 | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 17,602 | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 17,872 | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 18,103 | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 18,506 | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 18,375 | −0.7% |
Bagnols-sur-Ceze expanded steadily after the Marcoule nuclear center was created in 1956.
Sights
The old center of Bagnols-sur-Cèze retains its historic feel, with small streets and largely preserved architecture. Several façades are remarkable. The towns contains a notable museum of contemporary art, the Musée Albert-André, founded in 1868 as well as an archaeological museum with a collection of artifacts found mainly in nearby Roman sites.
The shoegaze music band named Alcest is from this city.
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Bagnols-sur-Cèze is twinned with:
Braunfels, Germany, since 1959
Feltre, Italy, since 1961
Newbury, England, since 1971
Eeklo, Belgium, since 1976
Carcaixent, Spain, since 1982
Kiskunfélegyháza, Hungary
Notable people
Albéric Pont (1870-1960), dentist and pioneer in maxillofacial surgery
See also
- Communes of the Gard department
- List of works by Auguste Carli
References
- INSEE
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bagnols-sur-Cèze. |
Official website (in French)
- Bagnols sur Cèze tourist office website
- Overview of Bagnols sur Cèze
Communes of the Gard department  | |
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