Fontanes (Gard)

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Fontanès
Fontanès coat of arms
Fontanès (France)
Fontanès
region Occitania
Department Gard
Arrondissement Nîmes
Canton Calvisson
Community association Pays de Sommieres
Coordinates 43 ° 50 '  N , 4 ° 5'  E 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

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
Residents 383 334 326 390 436 492 606 660
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Protestant Church
  • Protestant church, neoclassical building from the middle of the 19th century
  • Saint-Martin Catholic Church, rebuilt in the 19th century
  • Crossroads

Web links

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