Arpaillargues-et-Aureillac

Arpaillargues-et-Aureillac
region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Uzes
Community association	Pays d'Uzès
Coordinates	44 ° 0 ′  N , 4 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 0 ′  N , 4 ° 22 ′  E
height	69-200 m
surface	13.67 km 2
Residents	1,009 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	74 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	30700
INSEE code	30014
Website	arpaillargues-aureilhac.fr

Arpaillargues-et-Aureillac is a French commune with around 1009 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gard department in the Occitanie region .

geography

The municipality consists of the capital Arpaillargues and the hamlet of Aureillac , which were independent municipalities until they were unified in 1813. Arpaillargues-et-Aureillac is west of the city of Uzès , with which it is connected by the D 982. The municipality is affected in the east by the river Seynes . Neighboring municipalities are Serviers-et-Labaume and Montaren-et-Saint-Médiers in the north, Uzès in the east, Blauzac in the south, Bourdic in the south-west and Aubussargues in the north-west.

history

In the Gallo-Roman period (52 BC to 486 AD) there were several villas in the municipality, especially near Aureillac . Arpaillargues was a fortified village in the Middle Ages. The community was dominated by agriculture, especially viticulture and olive production . Part of the production was labeled “royal wines” and sold to Paris . There are two mills in the municipality, both of which date from around the 11th century. In the 14th century the population suffered greatly from the plague. The walls were torn down in 1732 to expand the town. In 1890 there were 290 hectares of vines that were almost completely destroyed by phylloxera . It was not until 1980 that the population of 200 hectares had largely recovered.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	255	265	309	459	667	785	955	1009

Culture and sights

• 17th century castle (now a hotel)
• Templar cross on the outside wall of a building
• Romanesque church
• Aureillac church from the 10th century
• Moulin de Chalier museum
• Capitelles (stone huts) from the 18th century

There is a facility in the village that includes both kindergarten and elementary school. Some of the youth teams of ES Uzès Pont du Gard play in Arpaillargues-et-Aureillac.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Arpaillargues-et-Aureillac on the website of the Association of Municipalities ( Memento of November 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ^{a b} Information on the community website