Vestric-et-Candiac

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Vestric-et-Candiac
Vestric-et-Candiac coat of arms
Vestric-et-Candiac (France)
Vestric-et-Candiac
region Occitania
Department Gard
Arrondissement Nîmes
Canton Vauvert
Community association Rhôny Vistre Vidourle
Coordinates 43 ° 44 ′  N , 4 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 44 ′  N , 4 ° 16 ′  E
height 12-83 m
surface 10.92 km 2
Residents 1,406 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 129 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 30600
INSEE code

Mairie Vestric-en-Candiac

Vestric-et-Candiac is a French commune with 1,406 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gard department in the Occitanie region . Vestric-et-Candiac belongs to the Arrondissement of Nîmes and the Canton of Vauvert (until 2015: Canton of Rhôny-Vidourle ). The inhabitants are called Vestriçois .

geography

Vestric-et-Candiac is twelve kilometers southwest of Nîmes in the so-called Little Camargue . The Vistre flows through the municipality . Vestric-et-Candiac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Uchaud in the north and northeast, Beauvoisin in the east and southeast, Vauvert in the south, Le Cailar in the southwest, Vergèze in the west and Boissières in the northwest.

The A9 car route runs through the municipality .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 313 436 503 654 1001 1324 1328 1406
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Notre-Dame Catholic Church
  • Protestant church
  • Candiac Castle
  • Montcalm Castle, monument historique since 1944

Web links

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