Goudargues

Administrative division in Occitanie, France

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Goudargues

(2020–2026) Fred Mahler^[1]Area

30.27 km² (11.69 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,116 • Density37/km² (95/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

30131 /30630

Elevation70–332 m (230–1,089 ft)
(avg. 71 m or 233 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Goudargues (French pronunciation: [ɡudaʁɡ]; Occitan: Godargues) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Known locally as the Venise Gardoise, because of the canal that flows through it centre. This is lined with pavement cafés and shaded by a two rows of mature plane trees.

History

The Romans are known to have been present in the locality. In AD 800, Benedictine monks from Aniane founded an abbey around the lake of Gordanicus. This lake, near the Cèze was fed by natural springs. It was this abbey that is the basis of modern Goudargues- and the settlements name is derived from Gordanicus.^[3]

Geography

The village of Goudargues is situated in the Cèze valley, to the north of the Gard department. Not too far from Avignon, the Pont du Gard, Uzès and Nîmes.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	637	—
1968	645	+1.3%
1975	612	−5.1%
1982	680	+11.1%
1990	788	+15.9%
1999	945	+19.9%
2008	1,021	+8.0%

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Gard Provencal". Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.

Christian, M (1949). "Les ruines carolingiennes de Goudargues et le site militaire connexe du Castrum Planitium au pays d'Uzès". Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (in French). 93: 48–56. doi:10.3406/crai.1949.78363. Retrieved 23 September 2011.