Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze

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Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze
Sent Laurenç de Gosa
Coat of arms of Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze
Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze (France)
Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze
region Occitania
Department Gard
Arrondissement Nîmes
Canton Aigues-Mortes
Community association Terre de Camargue
Coordinates 43 ° 38 '  N , 4 ° 12'  E 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
Website http://www.ville-saint-laurent-daigouze.fr/

Saint Laurent Church

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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

Aerial view of the community

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
1862 1862 1728 1730 2323 2738 3152 3474

Attractions

Fort Peccais
  • 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
Carbonnière tower viewed from the Canal du Rhône

Web links

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