Bellegarde (Gard)
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gard | |
| Arrondissement | Nîmes | |
| Canton | Beaucaire | |
| Community association | Beaucaire-Terre d'Argence | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 45 ' N , 4 ° 31' E | |
| height | 1-102 m | |
| surface | 44.96 km 2 | |
| Residents | 7,129 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 159 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 30127 | |
| INSEE code | 30034 | |
| Website | http://www.bellegarde-costiere-camargue.com/ | |
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Bellegarde is a commune with 7,129 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in France and is located in the Gard department in the Occitanie region .
The municipality gives its name to the Clairette de Bellegarde wine-growing region in the Languedoc wine-growing region , under which only white wine is marketed. The red and rosé wines of the region are marketed under the name Costières de Nîmes , which paradoxically are assigned to the Rhône wine-growing region .
geography
Bellegarde is located near the eastern border of the Gard department , on the right bank of the Rhone , halfway between the neighboring municipality of Beaucaire and Saint-Gilles . Bellegarde is 17 km from Nîmes and 15 km from Arles , on the waterway of the Rhône-Sète Canal and has its own small port.
Personalities
- Jacques Novi (born 1946), football player
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 2484 |
| 1968 | 3052 |
| 1975 | 3163 |
| 1982 | 3924 |
| 1990 | 4308 |
| 1999 | 4913 |
| 2008 | 6183 |
| 2017 | 7129 |
Parish partnership
Bellegarde has had a partnership with the Hessian city of Gersfeld (Rhön) since 2001 .
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