Bagnols-sur-Cèze
Bagnols -sur -Cèze is a French town with 18,349 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Gard in the Languedoc- Roussillon region. The city is the capital of the eponymous canton of Bagnols -sur -Cèze and belongs to the district of Nîmes.
Geography
The city lies on the lower reaches of the river Céze. Bagnols -sur -Cèze located 15 kilometers north-west of Orange. The neighboring communities of Bagnols -sur -Cèze are Saint-Nazaire and Vénéjan in the north, and Chusclan Orsan in the east, Laudun- l'Ardoise the southeast, Tresques in the south, Sabran in the west and Saint- Gervais in the Northwest.
History
The place name derives from the Latin Balnearius. This means " place of the baths " and suggests that Bagnols -sur -Cèze was an important seaside resort in the Gallo-Roman era. As early as the 4th century was located at the site of the present church a sanctuary. In local Coat of three lilies of the Bourbons are included that indicate a long-standing rule of this house. 1208, the contract for the formation of a municipality has completed. A little later, in 1223, created a marketplace. In the 14th century, the city fortifications were strengthened, inter alia, as protecting against the effects of Tuchineraufstands. In the following, the place was also affected by the Huguenot wars and around 1580 Bagnols -sur -Cèze was ravaged by a plague. The silk industry was in the 17th century in the city down. In the 17th century King Louis XIII ordered. the destruction of the castle at Bagnols, but which has been rebuilt in the 18th century. 1891 took the additional name of Bagnols sur -Cèze.
Demographics
Economy
A few kilometers from Bagnols on the Rhone is the Marcoule nuclear facility.
Twinning
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