Saint-Jean-du-Gard

Saint -Jean -du -Gard is a municipality in the Mediterranean south of France in the arrondissement of Alès in the Gard department in the Languedoc- Roussillon region. The community is as head -lieu one of three municipalities in the canton of Saint -Jean -du- Gard.

Geography

The municipality of Saint -Jean -du -Gard is located in the peripheral zone of the Parc National des Cevennes, on the southern edge of the Cevennes, in the valley of the Gardon de Saint- Jean, a right tributary of the Gardon. From the center of is Alès, seat of the sub-prefecture of the arrondissements Alès, after about 25 kilometers of road accessible, Nîmes, seat of the prefecture of the department of Gard, around 60 kilometers of road and Montpellier, capital of the Languedoc -Roussillon region, approximately 80 kilometers of road.

Adjacent to St- Jean -du -Gard communities are Mialet, Peyrolles, Sainte -Croix -de- Caderle and Thoiras in the same department as well as Moissac- Vallée- Française and Saint- Étienne- Vallée- Française in the Lozere department.

Population

On January 1, 2011 Saint -Jean -du -Gard had 2690 inhabitants; they are called Saint- Jeannais referred to (it).

In the 1960s and 1970s, the population dwindled due to structural breaks ( migration from rural to urban ) slightly, but grew again slightly and significantly in the 1990s and 2000s into the 1980s.

Traffic

From Saint- Jean -du -Gard as next available Autoroutes (motorways ) are in the West, A 75, in the east the A 7 and A 9 in the south of the

The north of the 106 at Les Hauts -de- Nîmes, northern district of Nîmes, branching and inter alia on Montagnac, Lédignan, Lézan and Anduze leading secondary road D 907 runs on Saint -Jean -du- Gard, from where they to Florac in the neighboring department of Lozère enough about Peyrolles, L' Estréchure, Saumane, Saint -André -de- Valborgne, Rousses and Vebron where it meets again on the N 106.

In the West, Saint -Jean -du- Gard branches from the D 907, D 260 from, as a feeder to D 9, the Corniche des Cevennes. This road takes you mostly focus on the cévenolischen ridges between the Vallée Borgne and the Vallée Française along, partly through chestnut woods, and forms part of the border between the departments of Gard and Lozère. It is an ancient way first Viehweg, then committed with mules trade, and was expanded in the early 18th century to execute from Dragonnades as access for the dragoons of the Sun King Louis XIV to the area of the insurgent camisards. The route over the Col de St- Pierre ( 597 m), the Col de l'Exil (704 m), Saint- Roman-de - Tousque, Le Pompidou, the Col des faïsses ( 1026 m), L' Hospitalet ( 992 m) and Saint- Laurent- de -Treves, until it finally ends at the southern edge Floracs. The track was previously also known as Route royale de Nîmes à Saint Flour.

Other leading away from Saint -Jean -du -Gard Routes Departmental ( Department of Roads ) are:

To the northwest the D 983 on Moissac- Vallée- Française, Sainte -Croix- Vallée- Française, Pont- Ravagers, Molezon, Barre-des -Cévennes and Saint- Laurent- de -Treves until after crossing the Tarnon on the D 907 meets
To the northeast, later snapping off to the southeast, the D 50 and over Mialet Luziers to Anduze
In the south / southwest, the D 153 Sainte -Croix -de- Caderle, Lasalle, Colognac and Saint- Roman-de - Codières to Sumene

In St- Jean in Le Puy -en- Velay in the neighboring region of Auvergne its output participating long-distance trail ends ( Sentier de Grande Randonnee ) GR 70 He almost corresponds to the Chemin de Stevenson, whose Erwanderung in a southerly direction, with his rented Lastebasse Selin Modestine, the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson in his 1879 published travelogue Travels with a donkey in the Cevennes ( A journey with a donkey in the Cevennes ) described.

In the 16th century, was located in a place Umspannstelle for horses on a stagecoach route between Nîmes and Florac. Nowadays at the place is still a remarkably high structure to see that the name of the rare edible fungus Oronge (German Emperor Ling ) is named and now serves as a hotel. Here Robert Louis Stevenson finished his hike.

The since 1982 -starting in Anduze Train à vapeur des Cévennes the Compagnie Internationale des Express Trains à vapeur ( CITEV ), also called "Trans - Cévenol " whose precursor was used since 1909 as the " Silk Express " ends at the railway station in Saint -Jean- du- Gard.

Several regular and school bus routes of public transport the Nouveau Transport en Commun Cévenol ( NTecC ) connect Saint -Jean -du -Gard with the other places of agglomeration Grand Alès.

Management

Since 1 January 2002, Saint -Jean -du -Gard heard as one of 16 municipalities of the municipal association of large - Alès ( Communaute d' Alès en Cévennes du Grand agglomeration ).

Community partnership

There is a partnership with the municipality of Chaumont- Gistoux in the French-speaking province of Walloon Brabant in Belgium.

Personalities

In the at the time still known as Saint -Jean -de- Gardonnenque were born:

Jean du Caylar de Saint -Bonnet, Marquis de Toiras (1585-1636), Marshal of France
Pierre Laporte (1680-1704), called Rolland, a leader of the camisards

Later in Saint -Jean -du -Gard infants include the:

Lacassin Francis (1931-2008), journalist, author and screenwriter

Impressions

Gardon de Saint- Jean, right tributary of the Gardon, low water leader

The places soon dried out in the summer Gardon de Saint- Jean, which runs parallel to D 907

Tour de l' horloge, which was built in the 12th century as a monument historique and (MH ) protected clock tower in St- Jean

Château de Saint -Jean -du- Gard, the reconstructed in the 16th century manor house of the lords of St- Jean

Office de Tourisme ( Tourist Office ) and branch of Postal including Postbank at L' hôtel du Chevalier d' Algues

Stevenson's journey with donkey Modestine on the Chemin de Stevenson is shown on a fountain in St- Jean

The train station of St- Jean, termination stop the "Trans - Cévenol " ( Train à vapeur des Cévennes )

Train à vapeur des Cévennes, a tourist steam locomotive train between Anduze and St- Jean

Corniche des Cévennes, section of the crest road between St- Jean and the Col St- Pierre

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