Vénéjan
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gard | |
| Arrondissement | Nîmes | |
| Canton | Pont-Saint-Esprit | |
| Community association | Gard Rhodania | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 12 ' N , 4 ° 39' E | |
| height | 35-283 m | |
| surface | 18.55 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,246 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 67 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 30200 | |
| INSEE code | 30342 | |
 Mairie Vénéjan |
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Vénéjan ( identical Occitan ) is a French commune with 1,246 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gard department in the Occitania region (before 2016: Languedoc-Roussillon ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Nîmes and the canton of Pont-Saint-Esprit (until 2015: canton of Bagnols-sur-Cèze ).
geography
Vénéjan is located about 48 kilometers north-northeast of Nîmes and about eleven kilometers west-northwest of Orange . Vénéjan is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Alexandre in the north and north-west, Mondragon in the north-east, Mornas in the east, Saint-Étienne-des-Sorts in the east and south-east, Bagnols-sur-Cèze in the south and Saint-Gervais in the west.
Wine is produced here for the Côtes du Rhône appellation .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 427 | 484 | 610 | 778 | 924 | 1044 | 1144 | 1246 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste chapel, historic monument since 1986
- Saint-Pierre chapel, historic monument since 1988
- Windmill
Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Chapel
Saint-Pierre Chapel
Windmill
