Saint-Andre-of-Valborgne

See also: Saint-Andrew

Saint-Andre-with-Valborgne is a common French, located in the department of the Gard and the area Languedoc-Roussillon.

Geography

Commune located on the Gardon in the one-eyed Valley which the peak of the the Cevennes closes.

History

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

  • Cevennes Village typically with the narrow streets, bordered of beautiful old houses. House strong of the XVIIe century, known as " Château". Fountain of Griffon. Pont-Vieux.
  • Castles deprived on the territory of the commune: the castle of Folhaquier mentioned with the XIIIe century, the castle of Nogaret rebuilds with the XVIIe century, the Farmhouse Voyer, the castle of Barbuts mentioned with the XIIIe century. Ruins of the castle of Fare mentioned with the XIIe century.
  • Church restored of Romance style whose origin dates from the XIIIe/XIVe centuries: single nave, semicircular apse, ogival vaults.

Personalities related to the commune

  • During the summer 1988, the mysterious disappearance of the young actress Pauline Lafont attracted well many journalists in the village which made, in spite of him, the one of the French media
  • Bernadette Lafont, actress
  • Marianne Denicourt comes to rest on vacation in its secondary house

See too

  • Tourist bureau of the one-eyed Valley
Quais
30940 St-Andre-of-Valborgne

Tel.: 04.66.60.32 .11
email: vallee.borgne@wanadoo.fr
Internet site: www.vallee-borgne.org

Opened every morning of 9:00 to 12:00 from September to June of the Monday to Friday. In summer of 9:30 to 12:30, 16:30 with 19:00 of the Tuesday to Saturday, open Sunday morning.

Internal bond

  • Common of Gard

External bonds

  • Saint-Andrew de Valborgne on the official site of the Community of Communes of the One-eyed Valley
  • Saint-Andre-of-Valborgne on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Saint-Andre-of-Valborgne on the site of INSEE
  • Localization of Saint-Andre-of-Valborgne on a chart of France and communes bordering

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