Fontarèches

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Fontarèches
Fontarèches coat of arms
Fontarèches (France)
Fontarèches
region Occitania
Department Gard
Arrondissement Nîmes
Canton Uzes
Community association Pays d'Uzès
Coordinates 44 ° 7 '  N , 4 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 7 '  N , 4 ° 26'  E
height 153-307 m
surface 13.42 km 2
Residents 263 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 20 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 30580
INSEE code

Fontarèches is a French commune with 263 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gard department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Nîmes and the Canton of Uzès . It is located in the valley of the river Tave .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2017
Residents 96 108 76 89 148 190 226 263

Personalities

  • Philip O'Connor (1916–1998), English surrealist writer, died in Fontarèches
Church of the Assumption

Web links

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