Boucoiran-et-Nozières
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Boucoiran-et-Nozières Bocoiran e Nosièira |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gard | |
| Arrondissement | Alès | |
| Canton | Quissac | |
| Community association | Alès agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 0 ′ N , 4 ° 11 ′ E | |
| height | 76-242 m | |
| surface | 14.52 km 2 | |
| Residents | 947 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 65 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 30190 | |
| INSEE code | 30046 | |
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Bridge over the Gardon |
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Boucoiran-et-Nozières ( Occitan : Bocoiran e Nosièira ) is a French commune with 947 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gard department in the Occitanie region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Alès .
geography
Geographical location
Boucoiran-et-Nozières is about 16 kilometers south-east of Alès . The Gardon (as Gardon d'Anduze ) delimits the municipality to the north and east. The neighboring municipalities of Boucoiran-et-Nozières are Ners in the north and north-west, Cruviers-Lascours in the north and north-east, Brignon in the east, Sauzet in the south and south-east, Domessargues in the south and south-west, and Saint-Bénézet and Maruéjols-lès-Gardon in the west .
population
The community has.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 619 | 599 | 584 | 576 | 609 | 621 | 696 | 947 |
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Attractions
- celtic oppidum by Grand Ranc
- Protestant Church from 1894
- Boucoiran Castle from the 13th century
- Oil mill from 1775
traffic
The community lies with the Nozières-Brignon train station on the Cevennes Railway . A serious railway accident occurred in the station on September 7, 1957 : an express train from Paris to Nîmes derailed , damaged a bridge and several cars pushed into one another. 26 people died and 70 were also injured.
Route Nationale 106 runs through the municipality .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter WB Semmens: Catastrophes on rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 , p. 158.