Aimargues

Aimargues is a common Frenchwoman, located in the department of the Gard and the area Languedoc-Roussillon. Chief town of the Canton of Rhôny-Vidourle.

Its inhabitants are called the Aimarguois .

Geography

Aimargues is located between Nimes (24 km) and Montpellier (27 km), and is to 20 km of the beaches of Languedoc. It is surrounded by water: a coastal river, the Vidourle, a river, the Rhôny, and a water level, Ginouze. It accommodates companies of national scale, whose Eminence and Canine Royal, but remains turned principalament towards agriculture: fruit and vegetables (asparaguses, melons, etc), and vine.

History

The city probably exists since the Antiquité. In 1565, with erection in duchy-peerage of the Viscount of Uzès by Charles IX, the seigniory of Aimargues passed under the domination of the Maison of Crussol and became the principal stronghold of Low-Vistrenque. The city lost its ramparts on order of the king Louis XIII. It left the supervision of Uzès as of the Révolution.

the town of Aimargues is marked deeply by the culture taurine. Fanfonne Guillerme which was born in Paris the 55 Avenue Kleber on October 31st, 1895 spent there many years of its childhood before settling there definitively and of sastisfaire its passion for the race camargaise (horses and bulls).

Administration

Demography

Infrastructures

The city has a nursery school (Ventadour school), an elementary school (school F. Guillerme), an elementary school (private school Li Gardianouns). One also finds like services: an inter-commune school restaurant, a crib-halt-nursery, a gendarmerie, as well as a library.

Places and monuments

Church Saint Saturnin (one of the 3 churches in France having the inscription " freedom, equality, fraternité" )
Castle of Teillan
Castle of Andron.

Personalities related to the commune

Fanfonne Guillerme, manadière.

See too

Common of Gard
the Community of communes of the Small-Camargue

Aimargues, it is to live the music by the various animations organized by the inter-commune school of music of the small Camargue, with many concerts, the festivals of the music in June, its training course of battery and its training course of jazz. More on this artistic educational establishment whose notoriety exceeds the borders of the community of communes, consult its site: http://ecolmusicamargue.free.fr

External bonds

Official site Useful www.aimargues.fr
Site www.aimargues.info
Aimargues on the site of the national geographical Institute
Aimargues on the site of INSEE
Aimargues on the site of Quid
Localization of Aimargues on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Aimargues on Mapquest

Inter-commune school of music of the small Camargue http://ecolmusicamargue.free.fr

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