Mons (Gard)

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Mons
Coat of arms of Mons
Mons (France)
Mons
region Occitania
Department Gard
Arrondissement Alès
Canton Alès-2
Community association Alès agglomeration
Coordinates 44 ° 7 '  N , 4 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 7 '  N , 4 ° 11'  E
height 129-281 m
surface 15.94 km 2
Residents 1,677 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 105 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 30340
INSEE code
Website http://www.mairiedemons.fr/

Mons is a French commune with 1,677 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gard department in the Occitanie region . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Alès and is part of the canton of Alès-2 (until 2015: canton of Alès-Sud-Est ). The inhabitants are called monsois .

geography

Mons is about seven kilometers east of Alès in the Cevennes . Mons is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Servas in the north, Les Plans in the northeast, Saint-Just-et-Vacquières in the east and southeast, Monteils in the south, Méjannes-lès-Alès in the southwest, and Saint-Privat-des-Vieux in the west and northwest as well as Salindres in the northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 568 513 644 1040 1387 1349 1426 1677
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • catholic church Saint-Pierre
  • protestant church
  • ancient Gallo-Roman oppidum
  • town hall

Web links

Commons : Mons  - collection of images, videos and audio files