Goudargues

Goudargues
Commune
The Quai de la Fontaine in Goudargues
Coat of arms
Location of Goudargues
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Coordinates: 44°12′59″N 4°28′00″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Pont-Saint-Esprit
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Martial Bonnefond (PR)
Area 1	30.27 km2 (11.69 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,116
• Density	37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30131 /30630
Elevation	70–332 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 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

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.

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

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	637	—
1968	645	+1.3%
1975	612	−5.1%
1982	680	+11.1%
1990	788	+15.9%
1999	945	+19.9%
2008	1,021	+8.0%

Canal In Goudargues, 2016

See also

• Communes of the Gard department

References

• Christian, M (1949). "Les ruines carolingiennes de Goudargues et le site militaire connexe du Castrum Planitium au pays d'Uzès". Comptes-rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (in French). 93: 48–56. doi:10.3406/crai.1949.78363. Retrieved 2011-09-23.