Villevieille

Villevieille
Villevieille
Commune
	The town hall in Villevieille
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 43°47′22″N 4°05′50″E / 43.7894°N 4.0972°ECoordinates: 43°47′22″N 4°05′50″E / 43.7894°N 4.0972°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Calvisson
Intercommunality	Pays de Sommières
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Cécile Marquier
Area 1	8.28 km2 (3.20 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	1,751
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30352 /30250
Elevation	23–106 m (75–348 ft) ; (avg. 61 m or 200 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villevieille (French pronunciation: [vil.vjɛj]; Occitan: Vilavièlha) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Geography[]

The village is located on the banks of the Vidourle.

Climate[]

The climate is hot-summer Mediterranean (Köppen: Csa).^[2] On 28 June 2019, during the June 2019 European heat wave, the temperature reached 45.4 °C (113.7 °F) in Villevieille, briefly the highest in French meteorological history, before being surpassed by Gallargues-le-Montueux later the same day.^[3]^[4]