Laudun-l'Ardoise

Laudun-l'Ardoise
region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Roquemaure
Community association	Gard Rhodania
Coordinates	44 ° 6 ′  N , 4 ° 39 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 6 ′  N , 4 ° 39 ′  E
height	26-274 m
surface	34.19 km 2
Residents	6,292 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	184 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	30290
INSEE code	30141
Website	http://www.laudunlardoise.fr/
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Laudun-l'Ardoise is a French commune with 6,292 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gard department in the Occitanie region . Until February 1, 2001, the name of the community was simply Laudun .

geography

The city is located in the valley of the River Tave . At the municipal boundary of Laudun-l'Ardoise and Codolet , the Cèze flows into the Rhone . At the same time, the Rhône forms the border with the Vaucluse department . The municipality is located in the wine-growing region of Côte du Rhône Villages . It is essentially made up of the main town of Laudun and the town of L'Ardoise .

Laudun-l'Ardoise borders Bagnols-sur-Cèze to the north, Orsan and Codolet to the north-east, Caderousse (Vaucluse department) to the east, Montfaucon and Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas to the south-east, and Saint-Laurent to the south -des-Arbres , in the south-west with Saint-Victor-la-Coste and Saint-Paul-les-Fonts , in the west with Connaux and in the north-west with Tresques .

history

Before the founding of today's town, there was a Celtic oppidum near Laudun-l'Ardoise , which was probably abandoned in the 6th century AD.

In the High Middle Ages there were a total of three castles: One on the Sainte-Foy hill, the Château de Lascours and the Château de Bord . The village at that time was surrounded by a small wall. The Saint-Geniès chapel , now the cemetery chapel, then served as the parish church. While the houses were initially located in the hills, the village moved further and further down into the plains over the centuries. The Gothic church of Notre-Dame-la-Neuve was built in the first half of the 14th century . There were numerous mills on the River Tave. In the 18th century, the religious community of the White Penitents built a chapel on the Sainte Foy hill.

Population development

Number of inhabitants

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2009	2017
Residents	2,820	3,968	3,664	3,759	4,408	5,127	5,617	6,292

Web links

Commons : Laudun-l'Ardoise  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Population statistics from 1793

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Histoire de la commune ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)