Garons

Garons is a commune with 4546 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Gard in the Languedoc- Roussillon region.

• 2.1 Population development
• 2.2 green spaces
• 2.3 community partnerships
• 2.4 Sport

Geography

Garons is located a few kilometers south of the city of Nîmes. The neighboring municipalities are Bouillargues in the north, Bellegarde in the West, Saint- Gilles in the southwest and Caissargues in the West. The community belongs to the wine region Costières de Nîmes.

Traffic

Due to its location next to the A54 and with easy access to the A9 Garons is well connected to the national road network. Because of its location near the city of Nîmes, a fast connection to the web - remote is ensured. In addition Garons has the Aéroport de Nîmes -Garons a regional airport. This is in close proximity to the town center, but belongs to the municipality of Saint- Gilles. It represents the connection of the city of Nîmes to the aviation, but is mainly used by smaller airlines. It is also used for military purposes.

History and Culture

The hilly landscape has been inhabited for thousands of years. At the time of the Roman occupation existed in today's municipal area two villas, the Villa de Campagne and the Villa de Scieure. The place Garons was first mentioned in the year 640. He went on then to the possession of the Visigoth king Tulga in the possession of the Bishop of Nimes, what did not change until the French Revolution. During the Wars of Religion Garons remained faithful to the Catholic faith, and because she was ruled at that time still the bishop. Nevertheless, the church and the castle were destroyed. Both were rebuilt in 1659. 1704 Garons was affected by the attacks camisards. They killed several people and destroyed several houses.

During the Revolution, both church and castle were looted and sold later. As a result of the revolution Garons fell to the municipality Bouillargues. Around the same time, there was a sharp increase in the population. In 1835 the place on the orders of the king to the autonomous municipality. In 1857 a new church was built, the construction of which was associated with numerous public discussions. In the 19th century Garons was highly dependent on viticulture, which is why the 1863 onset of phylloxera plague the place particularly heavy damaged. The 1871 elected mayor winemaker Jacques Comy turned to research to combat phylloxera. His approach was very successful and in 1882 was awarded by the Ministry of Agriculture. In the 1950s, there were two important events take place in the community. Firstly, agriculture was lifted to a new level thanks to modern irrigation techniques. Secondly, in 1958 started the construction of the airport. Starting in 1962, several families of Pied- noirs and Harkis in Garons settled.

Demographics

Green spaces

The municipality has a total of about 20 hectares of public green spaces. The most important are the community park with eight acres and the gardens of the Mairie with three acres. After the congregation had received an award for its green spaces in 2000 by the Department, it was included in the list of Villages fleuris.

Community partnerships

As of 1995, was the Greek place Kalyvia, which is near Athens, the first partner community Garons. In 2000 was added in the northern Italian municipality Revigliasco d' Asti. In the same year Garons was awarded the Golden Star Award for twinning of the European Union. It was the desire for another partnership, the choice of the Rhineland-Palatinate Florsheim -Dalsheim fell. The partnership agreement was signed during the visit French delegation in Florsheim -Dalsheim in September 2012.

Sports

Every year in January the place is the scene of a running event with a main run over ten kilometers. It brings together some 400 runners. In addition, there is another run for the students in Garons.

Personalities

• Raymond Pellegrin (* 1925, † 2007 Garons ), French actor
• Andréa Guiot (* 1928 in Garons ) French soprano