Vaunage

The Vaunage is a landscape in the southern French département of Gard. It is located between Nîmes and Sommières and covers an area of about 100 square kilometers.

To Vaunage include the nine municipalities Boissières, Calvisson, Caveirac Clarensac, Congénies, Langlade, nage -et- Solorgues, Saint- Côme- et- Maruéjols and Saint- Dionizy who have 15250 inhabitants together (as of 1999). Occasionally, the places Aigues -Vives, Aubais Aujargues, Junas, Uchaud, Vergèze and Villevieille be included as well. The name derives from the term Vallée de nage (Valley of nage ) and goes back to the place nage.

Geologic forms the Vaunage a valley within the surrounding hills Garrigues, which represents the southern slopes of the Cevennes. The valley is almost completely surrounded by up to 200 meters high hill, and has only in the east direction and Nîmes in the south direction Vergèze natural additions.

The landscape has a large number of archaeological sites and historic archaeological sites, among which the oppidum of nage is the most famous. It dates from the first millennium BC, which marked the beginning about the permanent settlement of the region. A cultural feature is the very strong spread of Protestantism, which plays a very minor role in most parts of France. In addition, the tradition of bloodless bullfighting in the places of Vaunage is widespread. An important industry represents the vineyard, for it was known the valley in the 15th century. For this purpose, a strong influence of the nearby large city of Nîmes has spread especially in the 20th century.