Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze
Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze Sent Laurenç de Gosa |
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Gard | |
Arrondissement | Nîmes | |
Canton | Aigues-Mortes | |
Community association | Terre de Camargue | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 38 ' N , 4 ° 12' E | |
height | 0-6 m | |
surface | 89.81 km 2 | |
Residents | 3,474 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 39 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 30220 | |
INSEE code | 30276 | |
Website | http://www.ville-saint-laurent-daigouze.fr/ | |
Saint Laurent Church |
Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze ( Occitan Sent laurenc de Gosa ) is a municipality in the department of Gard in the region Occitan in southern France . It has 3474 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze belongs to the arrondissement of Nîmes and the canton of Aigues-Mortes . The inhabitants are called Saint-Laurentais .
geography
Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze is located on the Vidourle River . Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze is surrounded by the neighboring municipality of Aimargues in the north, Le Cailar in the east and northeast, Vauvert in the east, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in the southeast, Aigues-Mortes in the south and southwest and Marsillargues in the west .
history
Traces of first settlement can be found in the community since the 6th century.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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1862 | 1862 | 1728 | 1730 | 2323 | 2738 | 3152 | 3474 |
Attractions
- Carbonnière tower, remnant of the 14th century fortifications, monument historique since 1903
- Former Abbey of Psalmody, founded in the 5th century, monument historique since 1984
- Calvières castle from the 17th and 19th centuries, monument historique since 2001
- Saint-Laurent church, built in the early 18th century
- Evangelical Reformed Church, built in the neoclassical style at the beginning of the 19th century
- Arena Guy Hogon, bullring
- Town hall from the 17th / 18th centuries century
- Remains of Fort Peccais from the first half of the 17th century, since 1978 Monument historique