Gard

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Gard is a department in southern France known for its Mediterranean landscapes, historic towns, and the famous Pont du Gard Roman aqueduct.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French department
administrativeDivisionOf Occitanie region NERFINISHED
borderedBy Ardèche
Aude
Bouches-du-Rhône
Drôme
Hérault
Lozère
Vaucluse
capital Nîmes NERFINISHED
contains Aigues-Mortes NERFINISHED
Alès
Bagnols-sur-Cèze
Beaucaire
Camargue Gardoise
Cévennes foothills
Le Vigan
Nîmes NERFINISHED
Pont du Gard
Sommières
Uzès
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
containsRiver Cèze
Gard River NERFINISHED
Rhône NERFINISHED
Vidourle
country France
createdBy French Revolution administrative reform
createdOn 1790
departmentCode 30
formerRegion Languedoc-Roussillon NERFINISHED
hasCoastlineOn Mediterranean Sea
knownFor Camargue wetlands
Mediterranean landscapes
Pont du Gard Roman aqueduct
Roman heritage in Nîmes
olive groves
vineyards
language French
locatedIn southern France
locatedInRegion Occitanie NERFINISHED
namedAfter Gard River NERFINISHED
partOf French Republic
prefecture Nîmes NERFINISHED
regionalLanguage Occitan
Provençal
subprefecture Alès
Le Vigan
timeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time


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