Cabrières (Gard)
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gard | |
| Arrondissement | Nîmes | |
| Canton | Redessan | |
| Community association | Nîmes metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 54 ' N , 4 ° 28' E | |
| height | 75-218 m | |
| surface | 14.76 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,623 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 110 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 30210 | |
| INSEE code | 30057 | |
_-_mairie.JPG) Mairie Cabrières |
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Cabrières is a French commune with 1623 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gard department of the Occitanie region .
geography
Cabrières is 15 kilometers northeast of Nîmes in the Garrigues hills.
history
The area has been inhabited for more than 6000 years. This is mainly due to the convenient location. The village is located near a spring, is protected from the mistral and is easy to defend. In the 1st century BC, the Romans settled the area and six Roman villas were built. In 978 the village was first mentioned as Villa Cabrieras . In 1435 it finally got its current name. The name is derived from the Latin capra , which means goat . In the 16th century the village suffered from the Huguenot Wars . In 1943, the German occupiers established a military base in Cabrières.
Culture and sights
The village is characterized above all by its geological wealth: the oldest rock layers of the Languedoc can be found in Cabrières . They are between 500 and 325 million years old.
There is also a lock in Cabrières.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 |
| Residents | 234 | 236 | 337 | 570 | 875 | 1117 | 1307 | 1623 |
age structure
25 percent of the population are 19 years old or younger. Three percent of the population are 75 years of age or older.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Information on the association's website
- ↑ Demographic data on toutes-les-villes.com ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
