Uzes

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Uzès
Usès
Coat of arms of Uzès
Uzès (France)
Uzes
region Occitania
Department Gard
Arrondissement Nîmes
Canton Uzès (main town)
Community association Pays d'Uzès
Coordinates 44 ° 1 ′  N , 4 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 1 ′  N , 4 ° 25 ′  E
height 49-274 m
surface 25.41 km 2
Residents 8,454 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 333 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 30700
INSEE code 30334
Website Uzes

Former cathedral in Uzes

Uzès ( Occitan Usès ) is a small town and a municipality with 8,454 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the southern French department of Gard in the Occitanie region . Uzès belonged to the historical region of Septimania .

location

Uzès is located on a roughly 145 m high limestone plateau in a triangle formed by the cities of Alès (32 km northwest), Avignon (40 km east) and Nîmes (25 km south). The Alzon flows through the municipality . The climate is moderately warm; Rain falls throughout the year.

Population development

year 1800 1851 1901 1954 1999 2017
Residents 6350 6934 4889 5222 8007 8454

The slow but steady population decline in the second half of the 19th century is due to the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the increasing mechanization of agriculture . Gradual growth began in the 20th century.

economy

The area around Uzès was and is largely agricultural, with viticulture again playing an important role. In the small town itself, handicrafts, trade, commerce and the service sector developed. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the city experienced an economic boom with the production of fine fabrics. The German confectionery manufacturer HARIBO has had a branch here since 1987.

history

An oppidum with the Latinized name Ucetia already stood here in Celtic times , but the place only developed after the Roman conquest of southern Gaul and during and after the Pax Augusta . In the 4th or 5th century Uzès became a bishopric and remained this - despite the migration period , the Albigensian wars , the plague , the Huguenot wars and other troubles - until the French Revolution .

During the Second World War , the nearby Château des Fouzes (German: Schloss Fouzes) was the location of the secret Allied deciphering agency "Cadix" .

Attractions

Ducal Palace (Le Duché)
Church Saint-Etienne

Numerous buildings in the city are recognized as monuments historiques :

  • former St-Théodorit cathedral with the remarkable tower called Tour Fenestrelle
  • Ducal Palace (Le Duché)
  • baroque church Saint-Étienne (1767–1775)
  • St-Géniès church ruins
  • Temple protestant in the former Franciscan monastery
  • Town hall (Hôtel de Ville) (1767–1773) with inner courtyard
  • Bishop's Palace (Palais épiscopal)
  • numerous city palaces with beautiful portals or stair towers
  • Haribo Museum ( Musée du bonbon )

Town twinning

Uzès is a twin town of Schriesheim ( Baden-Württemberg ) and Paczków ( Poland ).

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Other personalities

Web links

Commons : Uzès  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Uzès - map with altitude information
  2. ↑ Uzès - climate tables