Souvignargues

Souvignargues (French pronunciation: [suviɲaʁɡ]; Occitan: Sauvinhargues) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Souvignargues
Church of St. Stephen
Location of Souvignargues
Souvignargues
Souvignargues
Coordinates: 43°48′53″N 4°07′23″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentGard
ArrondissementNîmes
CantonCalvisson
IntercommunalityPays de Sommières
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Catherine Lecerf
Area
1
11.09 km2 (4.28 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
877
  Density79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
30324 /30250
Elevation42–173 m (138–568 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962405    
1968406+0.2%
1975370−8.9%
1982460+24.3%
1990545+18.5%
1999589+8.1%
2008717+21.7%

Sights

  • Remains of the feudal castle (13th-14th centuries)
  • Church of St. Stephen (Saint-Étienne d'Escattes), at Escattes, dating to the 12th century.
  • Ruined Romanesque church of St. Andrew (12th century)
  • Grotto of Bézal, inhabited from the mid-Palaeolithic Age

See also

References


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