Montfaucon (Gard)

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Montfaucon
Coat of arms of Montfaucon
Montfaucon (France)
Montfaucon
region Occitania
Department Gard
Arrondissement Nîmes
Canton Roquemaure
Community association Gard Rhodania
Coordinates 44 ° 5 '  N , 4 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 5 '  N , 4 ° 45'  E
height 23-68 m
surface 4.24 km 2
Residents 1,492 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 352 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 30150
INSEE code
Website http://www.montfaucon.fr/

Town hall and church of Montfaucon

Montfaucon is a French commune with 1,492 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gard department of the Occitania region . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Nîmes and the canton of Roquemaure .

geography

Montfaucon is located about 14 kilometers north-northwest of Avignon on the Rhône . Montfaucon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Caderousse in the north, Orange in the east and northeast, Roquemaure in the southeast, Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas in the south and Laudun-l'Ardoise in the northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 590 658 1058 1153 1266 1329 1295 1492
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Martin-Saint-Maur church
  • Saint-Martin chapel
  • Saint-Maur Chapel
  • Montfaucon Castle, Monument historique since 1926

Web links

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