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Calvisson
Calvisson
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Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Sommières
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Calvisson is a commune in Vaunage in the department of Gard in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France. It lies between Nîmes, Montpellier, the Cevennes and the Camargue and has a strong Protestant history.

Geography

Calvisson is a commune in Gard 17 km west of Nîmes. It is in the northern foothills of the Vaunage, a fertile valley surrounded by a rim of limestone hills rising to 200 m. The most prominent hill is the Rock of Gachone, which was the site of an important oppidum, or a fortified town, under the Romans. The natural vegetation is classic garrigue; today the valley is used for vineyards and horticulture. A tiny stream, the Éscatte, flows through the village [1]. Calvisson also includes the hamlets of Sinsans and Bizac.

History

the site is occupied since the Chalcolithic transition, 4300–3200 BC.
It was under the domination of Counts de Toulouse that the name Calvisson appears for the first time: In terminium of Calvitione 1060. Calvisson then was a fortified town surmounted one by two towers which coverd 2000 m². This fortified town controlled all of the Vaunage.
In 1304 the King of France Philippe IV of France gave to Guillaume de Nogaretas a fiefdom.
From the 16th century, with the beginnings of reformation, Calvisson was divided by the wars of religion . The village becomes a centre of protestantism. In 1681, the Catholic King Louis XIV, used his troups to re-convert Protestants. On the 30 June 1685, being Protestant became illegal in Nîmes. The religion moved underground, the paid pastor was replaced by the lay prophet. The wars slowly destroyed the castle which, by the middle of the 17th century is used as stone quarry.
In 1703, Calvisson was embroiled in the war of Camisards. The village was used as a base for the royalist troops in the battle of Nages against the forces of Jean Cavalier who was a Protestant prophet.
In 1787, the Rock of Gachone which stands above the village is used as triangulation point by Cassini for mapping the area.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

The church of St Saturnin is 12th Century Romanesque and 15th Century Provençal Gothic
the Temple is 19th Century neo-classical.
the Rock of Gachone rises over the village to the west. There were four windmills there, three have been partially restored.

The 'Voie Verte' cycleway from Congénies as it passes under the D40.

The beginning of 21st century saw the old railway transformed into Voie Verte- that is a metalled cycleway through the Vaunage: from Caveirac, through Calvisson and Congénies to Junas and Sommières. This is used by horses, cycles, and pedestrians. The two major roads on the route are avoided by means of bespoke tunnels.
Three of the four windmills for which it was known have been restored.

Tradition and events

Bull running happens in Calvisson. This is in the Carmargues tradition, where no bull gets hurt. The annual event takes place around the 20th July over a period of five days. There are four events, the Abrivado where over ten bulls are run together through the street guided by a group of twelve 'guardians' mounted on white Camargues horses, an Encierro where one bull is released outside the foyer and finds his own way back to the pen, the Bandido where one bull is run accompanied through the streets, and the Bandido de nuit which is the same thing but after dark. Boys and men run with the bulls and try and separate them from the horses, stop them, and physically turn them away from the horses.

Personalities related to Calvisson

References

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-{{POV|date=October 2008}}
+|nomcommune=Calvisson<br>[[Image:30420CalvissonTemple1456.JPG|270px]]<br><small>The 19th century, neo-classical fronted, temple.</small>
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+|Région=[[Languedoc-Roussillon]]
-[[Image:Wgargan.jpg|right|300px|thumb|William Gargan]]
+|département=[[Gard]]
-'''''Martin Kane, Private Eye''''' was a 1949-52 [[radio programming|radio series]], sponsored by U.S. Tobacco. [[William Gargan]] starred as the [[New York City]] [[private investigator|private detective]] Martin Kane on the [[Mutual Broadcasting System]] series broadcast Sundays at 4:30pm from [[August 7]], 1949, to [[June 24]], [[1951]].
+|arrondissement= Nîmes
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+|maire=Jacques Cubry
+|mandat=2001-2008
+|intercomm=Pays de Sommières
+|longitude=4.1927
+|latitude=43.78583
+|alt moy=50 m
+|alt mini=23
+|alt maxi=215 m
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+|date-dens=1999}}
+''' Calvisson''' is a [[communes of France|commune]] in [[Vaunage]] in the department of [[Gard]] in the region of [[Languedoc-Roussillon]] in southern [[France]]. It lies between [[Nîmes]], [[Montpellier]], the [[Cevennes]] and the [[Camargue]] and has a strong [[Protestant]] history.
-When the crime drama moved to [[NBC]] radio on [[July 1]], 1951, Lloyd Nolan took over the title role until mid-1952. Lee Tracy portrayed Kane for the remainder of the radio series, ending [[December 21]], 1952.
+==Geography ==
-[[William Gargan]], [[Lloyd Nolan]] and [[Lee Tracy]] played ''Martin Kane, Private Eye'' on live [[television]]. Backup cast changed as the main character changed but the all important tobacconist remained the same. It ran on NBC-TV from [[September 1]], 1949 until [[June 17]], [[1954]]. Sponsored by the United States Tobacco Company, far too much time was spent blatantly advertising their products{{Fact|date=October 2008}} with even a fair part of the show situated in a tobacconist extolling the virtues of four different pipe tobaccos{{Fact|date=October 2008}} as well as Sano{{Fact|date=October 2008}} and other cigarettes{{Fact|date=October 2008}}. Though good story-wise, the show obviously had a very tiny budget{{Fact|date=October 2008}} which allowed for few props, few people and even showed lumpy backgrounds outside windows in what should have been a smooth photo of a city scene{{Fact|date=October 2008}}. Happy McMann was played by [[Walter Kinsella]], Captain Leonard by [[Walter Greaza]], Captain Evans by [[Loring Smith]], Captain Burke by [[Frank M. Thomas]], [[King Calder]] as Lieutenant Gray, Sgt Ross by [[Nicholas Saunders]] and Sgt Strong by [[Michael Garrett]]. Happy McCann was the name of the tobacconist and was first up in the credits after Martin Kane which shows you the importance placed on tobacco in this series{{Fact|date=October 2008}}. The shows were written mainly by Harry Kane but also by Lawrence Young, music by Charles Paul, produced and directed by Frank Burns. At the start and finish of the show, Kane was shown in shadow lighting his pipe. Six episodes of this show have been released in the "Best of TV Detectives" box set.
+Calvisson is a commune in [[Gard]] 17 km west of [[Nîmes]]. It is in the northern foothills of the Vaunage,  a fertile valley surrounded by a rim of limestone hills rising to 200 m. The most prominent hill is the Rock of Gachone, which was the site of an important [[oppidum]], or a fortified town, under the Romans. The natural vegetation is classic [[garrigue]]; today the valley is used for vineyards and horticulture. A tiny stream, the Éscatte, flows through the village [http://www.the-languedoc-page.com/articles/languedoc-villages-calvisson.htm]. Calvisson also includes the hamlets of Sinsans and Bizac.
+==History ==
-Mark Stevens had the title role in the 1953 filmed series, ''The New Adventures of Martin Kane''.
+* the site is occupied since the [[Chalcolithic]] transition, 4300–3200 BC.
+* It was under the domination of [[Counts of Toulouse|Counts de Toulouse ]] that the name Calvisson appears for the first time:'' In terminium of Calvitione'' 1060. Calvisson then was a fortified town surmounted one by two towers which coverd 2000 m². This fortified town controlled all of the [[Vaunage]].
+* In 1304 the King of France [[Philippe IV of France]] gave to [[Guillaume de Nogaret]]as a fiefdom.
+* From the 16th century, with the beginnings of [[reformation]], Calvisson was divided by the [[French Wars of Religion|wars of religion ]]. The village becomes a centre of [[protestant]]ism. In 1681, the Catholic [[Louis XIV of France|King Louis XIV]], used his troups to re-convert Protestants. On the 30 June 1685, being Protestant became illegal in Nîmes. The religion moved underground, the paid pastor was replaced by the lay ''prophet''.  The wars slowly destroyed the castle which, by the middle of the 17th century is used as stone quarry.
+* In 1703, Calvisson was embroiled in the war of [[Camisards]]. The village was used as a base for the royalist troops in the battle of [[Nages-et-Solorgues|Nages]] against the forces of [[Jean Cavalier]] who was a Protestant prophet.
+* In 1787, the Rock of Gachone which stands above the village is used as triangulation point by [[Cassini]] for mapping the area.
+== Administration ==
+<!--{{:fr:ÉluDébut |Titrate = Liste of the successive mayors}}
+{{:Fr:Élu |Beginning = March 2001 |Fin=2007 |Identity = Jacques Cubry |Party = PS  |Quality =}} {{ÉluDonnées}} {{ÉluFin}} -->
+== Demography ==
+<!--{{:fr:Demographie| 1962 = 1792| 1968 = 1802| 1975 = 1793| 1982 = 2088| 1990 = 2725| 1999 = 3597| sansdoublescomptes = 1962}}-->
+== Places and monuments ==
+* The church of St Saturnin is 12th Century [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] and 15th Century [[Gothic architecture|Provençal Gothic]]
+* the Temple is 19th Century neo-classical.
+* the Rock of Gachone rises over the village to the west. There were four [[windmill]]s there, three have been partially restored.
+[[Image:30420VoieVerte1542.JPG|right|thumb|The 'Voie Verte' cycleway from Congénies as it passes under the D40.]]
+* The beginning of 21st century saw the old railway transformed into [[:fr:voie verte| Voie Verte]]- that is a  metalled cycleway through the [[Vaunage]]:  from [[Caveirac]], through Calvisson and [[Congénies]] to [[Junas]] and [[Sommières]]. This is used by horses, cycles, and pedestrians. The two major roads on the route are avoided by means of bespoke tunnels.
+* Three of the four windmills for which it was known have been restored.
+==Tradition and events==
+[[Image:30420Abrivado-1421.JPG|right|thumb|An abrivado at Calvisson. The guardians are demonstrating their skill in turn a group of at least four bulls through a 360 degree turn]]
+[[Image:30420Bandido-Caught-1393.JPG|right|thumb|A bandido at Calvisson. Contact has been made with the bull: but it has not yet been stopped.]]
+Bull running happens in Calvisson. This is in the Carmargues tradition, where no bull gets hurt. The annual event takes place around the 20th July over a period of five days. There are four events, the [[Abrivado]] where over ten bulls are run together through the street guided by a group of twelve 'guardians' mounted on white Camargues horses, an [[Encierro]] where one bull is released outside the foyer and finds his own way back to the pen, the [[Bandido]] where one bull is run accompanied through the streets, and the [[Bandido de nuit]] which is the same thing but after dark. Boys and men run with the bulls and try and separate them from the horses, stop them, and physically turn them away from the horses.
+== Personalities related to Calvisson==
-Gargan returned to the role in 1958 with a [[television syndication|syndicated series]], ''The Return of Martin Kane'', filmed in Europe for [[United Artists]].
+* [[Guillaume de Nogaret]]
+* [[Jean Cavalier]]
+==References==
-The radio-TV series had a 1950 tie-in [[comic book]], ''Martin Kane, Private Eye'', published by Fox and illustrated by [[Wally Wood]], [[Joe Orlando]] and [[Martin Rosenthal]]. The series was satirized in [[Mad (magazine)|Mad]] 5 (June-July 1953) as "Kane Keen, Private Eye," illustrated by [[Jack Davis (cartoonist)|Jack Davis]].
+<references/>
+== External links ==
-The show was sponsored by [[United States Tobacco Company]] to promote [[Sano Cigarettes]] and other tobacco products.  The show would have Martin review the case with the storekeeper, and one of them would work in a plug, often belaboured, for the brand.
+* [http://www.the-languedoc-page.com/articles/languedoc-villages-calvisson.htm English description on the Languedoc Page]
+* [http://gerard.verhoest.chez.tiscali.fr Calvisson on the site of Gerard Verhoest ]
+* [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=31523 Calvisson on the site of the national geographical Institute ]
+* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=30062&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Calvisson on the site of INSEE ]
+* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Calvisson Calvisson on the site of Quid ]
+* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=300062 Calvisson on a map of France showing neighbouring communes ]
+* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=43.7858&longitude=4.1927&zoom=8 Townplan of Calvisson on Mapquest ]
+{{commons|Category:Calvisson|Calvisson}}
-According to Jay Hickeron's "Ultimate Guide" book, the television scripts were cleverly written so the audio portion of the drama could be used as a radio broadcast from 1949 to 1952. Only 29 radio broadcasts are known to exist.
+{{Gard communes}}
+[[Category:Communes of Gard]]
-==Cultural references==
+[[ceb:Calvisson]]
-In episode 2 of the "Topsy Turvy World" sequence of [[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show|The Bullwinkle Show]] (which aired on NBC), Rocky and Bullwinkle are being escorted out of the town library by a gun-wielding man in a black fedora.  Rocky wonders aloud whether the unknown man is from another TV show, leading Bullwinkle to confront him.  "Say, fella, the Martin Kane show was dropped this year, you know?"
+[[es:Calvisson]]
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-==Listen to==
+[[it:Calvisson]]
-*[http://archive-b02.libsyn.com/podcasts/d9e90233786f4bc770fa147c9f203c82/4593cb6d/otrshow/otrshow11.mp3 OTR Radio with Bobb Lynes: Mark Stevens in ''Martin Kane, Private Eye'' (second of three shows)]
+[[nl:Calvisson]]
+[[pl:Calvisson]]
-==External links==
+[[pt:Calvisson]]
-*[http://www.thrillingdetective.com/kane_martin.html Thrilling Detective: ''Martin Kane'']
+[[sr:Calvisson]]
+[[vo:Calvisson]]
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