Fontanes (Gard)
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gard | |
| Arrondissement | Nîmes | |
| Canton | Calvisson | |
| Community association | Pays de Sommieres | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 50 ' N , 4 ° 5' E | |
| height | 24-163 m | |
| surface | 14.44 km 2 | |
| Residents | 690 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 48 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 30250 | |
| INSEE code | 30114 | |
Fontanès is a French commune with 690 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gard department in the Occitanie region . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Nîmes and the canton of Calvisson (until 2015: canton of Sommières ). The inhabitants are called Fontanois .
geography
Fontanès is located about 21 kilometers west of Nîmes and about 29 kilometers north-northeast of Montpellier . In the northwest, the Vidourle limits the community. Fontanès is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Vic-le-Fesq in the north and northwest, Combas in the north and northeast, Souvignargues in the east and southeast, Villevieille in the south, Salinelles in the southwest and Lecques in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 383 | 334 | 326 | 390 | 436 | 492 | 606 | 660 |
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Attractions
- Protestant church, neoclassical building from the middle of the 19th century
- Saint-Martin Catholic Church, rebuilt in the 19th century
- Crossroads
Web links
Commons : Fontanès - collection of images, videos and audio files
