Vaunage
The Vaunage is a landscape in the Gard department in the south of France . It lies between Nîmes and Sommières and covers an area of about 100 square kilometers.
The Vaunage includes the nine municipalities of Boissières , Calvisson , Caveirac , Clarensac , Congénies , Langlade , Nages-et-Solorgues , Saint-Côme-et-Maruéjols and Saint-Dionisy , which together have 15,250 inhabitants (as of 1999). Occasionally, the towns of Aigues-Vives , Aubais , Aujargues , Junas , Uchaud , Vergèze and Villevieille are also included. The name is derived from the term Vallée de Nages (Valley of Nages) and goes back to the place Nages.
Geologically, the Vaunage forms a valley within the surrounding hilly Garrigues , which represents the southern foothills of the Cevennes . The valley is almost completely surrounded by hills up to 200 meters high and only has natural accesses in the east towards Nîmes and in the south towards Vergèze.
The landscape has a large number of archaeological sites and historical sites, the most famous of which is the Nages oppidum. It dates from the first millennium BC, which roughly marked the beginning of permanent settlement in the region. A cultural peculiarity is the fairly widespread spread of Protestantism , which plays a very minor role in most parts of France. In addition, the tradition of bloodless bullfighting is widespread in the places of the Vaunage. Viticulture represents an important branch of the economy, for which the valley was already known in the 15th century. In addition, in the 20th century in particular, the nearby city of Nîmes was strongly influenced.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Atlas des paysages du Languedoc-Roussillon , atlas.dreal-languedoc-roussillon.fr
- ↑ La Vaunage: Langlade ( Memento of the original from April 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , langlade.blogspirit.com
