Bellegarde, Gard

Commune in Occitanie, France

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Bellegarde

(2020–2026) Juan Martinez^[1]Area

44.96 km² (17.36 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

7,740 • Density170/km² (450/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

30034 /30127

Elevation1–102 m (3.3–334.6 ft)
(avg. 10 m or 33 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bellegarde (French pronunciation: [bɛlɡaʁd] ^ⓘ; Provençal: Bèlagarda) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

The village was the birthplace of Batisto Bonnet (1844–1925), a noted writer in the Provençal dialect.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,052	—
1975	3,163	+0.51%
1982	3,924	+3.13%
1990	4,508	+1.75%
1999	4,913	+0.96%
2007	6,202	+2.96%
2012	6,500	+0.94%
2017	7,129	+1.86%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Petit, Marcel, Vido d'enfant - Batisto Bonnet. (in French), retrieved 5 October 2017
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE