Aubord

Aubord is a municipality with 2385 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Gard in France.

Physical geography, natural environment and agricultural geography

Aubord is about 15 km southwest of Nîmes at the junction of geomorphological landscape units Vistrenque and Costières du Gard. To the east is bordered Aubord to the community Générac. In the northwest borders Aubord to Bernis.

Aubord Geographically, referred to as the gateway to the Camargue (Porte de la Petite Camargue ). Between Bernis and Aubord the vast delta of the Vistre, which merges with Vauvert in the Petite Camargue begins.

In Aubord apricot cultivation is mainly operated next to the wine and peach farming still plays an important role. Located on the Villafranchian - gravels of Costières du Gard vineyards are classified as AOC Costières de Nîmes terroir. There quality AOC wines are grown.

Human and economic geography

The population development of Aubord is remarkable. The population increased from 249 in 1962 to 1910 in 1999. Has almost tenfold with it. This Aubord belongs to the municipalities with the highest population growth of the last 30 years in France. The remarkable development of Aubord population is mainly due to the economic rise of Nîmes in the last twenty years. Unlike many neighboring communities of Nîmes (such as Générac or Bernis ) but belongs Aubord not the metropolitan area Nîmes (French Communauté d' agglomà Nîmes Métropole ) to.

Special

In Aubord is a national music school that offers two training priorities (drums, jazz).

Others

The German geographer Dieter Anhuf led early 1990s, an agro- ecological and hydrological study of the apricot cultivation in Aubord by.