Goudargues

Goudargues
Goudargues
Commune
	The Quai de la Fontaine in Goudargues
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 44°12′59″N 4°28′00″E / 44.2164°N 4.4667°ECoordinates: 44°12′59″N 4°28′00″E / 44.2164°N 4.4667°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Pont-Saint-Esprit
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fred Mahler
Area 1	30.27 km2 (11.69 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	1,103
• Density	36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30131 /30630
Elevation	70–332 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.^[2]

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.