Saint-Michel-d'Euzet

Saint-Michel-d'Euzet
region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Pont-Saint-Esprit
Community association	Gard Rhodania
Coordinates	44 ° 12 '  N , 4 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 12 '  N , 4 ° 33'  E
height	40-360 m
surface	10.36 km 2
Residents	636 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	61 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	30200
INSEE code	30287
Saint-Michel-d'Euzet

Saint-Michel-d'Euzet is a French commune with 636 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gard department of the Occitanie region .

geography

Saint-Michel-d'Euzet is located on a hill on the left lower reaches of the Cèze , about ten kilometers northwest of Bagnols-sur-Cèze . The village is located between a small wooded area called Bois de Valbonne and the river Cèze. The soil consists of rocks from the Upper Cretaceous . The Devès hill is the highest point in the commune. In the north the village is bordered by a hill called Travès . Saint-Michel-d'Euzet is mainly characterized by viticulture.

The neighboring municipalities of Saint-Michel-d'Euzet are Saint-Paulet-de-Caisson in the north, Carsan in the northeast, Saint-Gervais in the east, Sabran in the south, La Roque-sur-Cèze in the southwest and Saint-Laurent-de- Carnols in the northwest.

history

The community area had been settled since the Stone Age, which is proven by numerous finds. The present village was founded at a time that is not exactly known, but probably towards the end of the 1st millennium. It was a settlement that consisted of only a few houses. The part of the name Euzet is derived from the Occitan word euse , which means holm oak . This can be explained by the numerous occurrences of this tree in the region. The part of the name Saint-Michel was probably added in the Middle Ages.

Mainly because the village was at the crossroads of important trade routes, it was fortified in the Middle Ages. Part of the municipality was administered from 1204 by the Carthusian monastery of Valbonne in the neighboring town of Saint-Paulet-de-Caisson. Thanks to the construction of a small church, which at the beginning possibly served as a cemetery chapel, the size of the place grew around the same time.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008	2017
Residents	276	309	358	467	512	598	584	636

Web links

Commons : Saint-Michel-d'Euzet  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The community on the website of the community association  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.