Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort

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Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort
Coat of arms of Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort
Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort (France)
Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort
region Occitania
Department Gard
Arrondissement Le Vigan
Canton Le Vigan
Community association Piémont Cévenol
Coordinates 43 ° 58 ′  N , 3 ° 51 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 58 ′  N , 3 ° 51 ′  E
height 135-547 m
surface 29.38 km 2
Residents 3,939 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 134 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 30170
INSEE code 30263
Website http://www.saint-hippolyte-du-fort.fr/

Saint-Hippolyte Church

Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort ( Occitan : Sant Ipolit del Fòrt ) is a French commune with 3939 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gard department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Le Vigan and the Canton of Le Vigan .

geography

Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort is located in the Cevennes on the Vidourle river , into which the Argentesse flows. Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Cros in the north, Monoblet in the north and north-east, Conqueyrac in the east and south-east, Pompignan in the south, Montoulieu in the south-west and La Cadière-et-Cambo in the west and north-west.

The former national routes 99 and 582 run through the municipality .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 3325 3547 3461 3400 3515 3391 3650 3939

history

During the Second World War, the place was temporarily the headquarters of the 9th SS Panzer Division "Hohenstaufen" . When the German troops withdrew from the south of France, on August 25, 1944, the resistance attacked the marching columns . On the German side there were considerable material losses and 400–500 deaths. a. two people from the village died, to whom a memorial stone is dedicated.

Attractions

  • Dolmen of Rascassols , megalithic complex from the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, monument historique since 1990
  • Saint-Hippolyte church, late 17th century
  • Protestant church, built in neoclassical style
  • Belfry
  • Saint-Jean tower and the rest of the 17th century fortifications (built by François Ferry in 1688)
  • Barracks from 1885
  • House Dugas with the estate of the Evangelical Reformed Church

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://f.chirat.pagesperso-orange.fr/plaques/hippolyte.html
  2. ↑ http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/2017/vl-kampfgeschwader-100-a-f_wk2.html loss lists KG 100
  3. ↑ http://www.midilibre.fr/2016/09/06/saint-hippolyte-du-fort-liberation-de-la-commune,1389188.php Newspaper report on the 72nd anniversary