Théziers

Théziers
Théziers
Commune
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	Coordinates: 43°54′00″N 4°37′18″E / 43.9°N 4.6217°ECoordinates: 43°54′00″N 4°37′18″E / 43.9°N 4.6217°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Redessan
Intercommunality	Pont du Gard
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Murielle Garcia-Favand
Area 1	11.34 km2 (4.38 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	1,045
• Density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30328 /30390
Elevation	10–129 m (33–423 ft) ; (avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Théziers (French pronunciation: [tezje]; Occitan: Tesiers) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

History[]

Théziers was founded in the 6th century BC by Greek colonists, who, after they had founded the coastal town of Marseille (Greek: Μασσαλία), advanced inland to found smaller colonies in the periphery. The ancient name of the town was Tedusia (Greek: Θεδουσία), under which the town was known during the Roman times. It was a fortified settlement situated on a hill, which was captured by the Celts during their invasions in the 2nd century BC. Gradually the Romans occupied the Gaul and expelled the Celts, while the settlement evolved as a Gallo-Roman village.