Saint-Côme-et-Maruéjols
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gard | |
| Arrondissement | Nîmes | |
| Canton | Saint-Gilles | |
| Community association | Nîmes metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 50 ′ N , 4 ° 12 ′ E | |
| height | 42–206 m | |
| surface | 13.01 km 2 | |
| Residents | 790 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 61 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 30870 | |
| INSEE code | 30245 | |
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Saint-Côme-et-Maruéjols is a French commune with 790 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 Saint-Gilles (until 2015: canton of Saint-Mamert-du-Gard ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Cômois .
geography
Saint-Côme-et-Maruéjols is about ten kilometers west of Nîmes . Saint-Côme-et-Maruéjols is surrounded by the neighboring parishes of Parignargues in the north and northeast, Clarensac in the east, Saint-Dionisy in the southeast, Calvisson in the south, Souvignargues in the west and southwest and Montpezat in the northwest.
history
In the municipality there is a Celtic settlement, the so-called oppidum of Mauressip (also Mourressipe ). The settlement is dated for the Latène period .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 327 | 294 | 290 | 351 | 410 | 570 | 712 | 790 |
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Attractions
- Oppidum of Mauressip, Monument historique since 1982
- Catholic Church, built at the end of the 17th century
- Protestant Church, built in 1870
- Old Mill
