Gargas (other)

	Gargas (other) Gargas is the name of several communes in France: * Gargas, Haute-Garonne, in the Haute-Garonne department * Gargas, Vaucluse, in the Vaucluse department ** Ocriers Gargas XIII, a rugby league club * Caves of Gargas, a prehistoric site located in Aventignan, Hautes-Pyrénées See also * Garga (other) Garga may refer to: People * Garga (sage), ancient Indian sage and the author of a ''Rigveda'' hymn * Bhagwan Das Garga, Indian documentary filmmaker * Garga Haman Adji, Cameroonian politician * Vrddha Garga, ancient Indian astrologer and astr ... {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gargas, Haute-Garonne Gargas is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... Population Sights Gargas (Haute-Garonne) Mairie.jpg, The Town Hall Gargas (Haute-Garonne) Eglise.jpg, The church See also * Communes of the Haute-Garonne department References Communes of Haute-Garonne {{HauteGaronne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gargas, Vaucluse Gargas is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. The writer Raymond Jean (1925–2012) died in Gargas. Gargas is the site of old ochre mining operations. In 2009 the ''Mine d'Ocre de Bruoux'' was opened for tourists. See also Communes of the Vaucluse department Luberon The Luberon ( or ; Provençal: ''Leberon'' or ''Leberoun'' ) is a massif in central Provence in Southern France, part of the French Prealps. It has a maximum elevation of and an area of about . It is composed of three mountain ranges (from wes ... References Communes of Vaucluse {{Vaucluse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ocriers Gargas XIII Ocriers Gargas XIII are a French Rugby league club based in Gargas, in the region of Vaucluse. The club plays in the ''Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur'' regional National Division 2 league, which is the 4th tier competition in France. Founded in 2007 home games are played at the ''Stade Municipal de Gargas''. History The senior side was founded in 2007 but prior to that there was a successful junior set-up in Gargas. The juniors compete in tournaments and have won many titles at all under age levels. The senior side have always competed in the bottom level National Division 2 league. 2015/16 represented their most successful season yet as they finished top of the regional ''Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur'' league before losing out in the play-offs. See also National Division 2 National Division 2 is the fourth tier of rugby league in France, below the National Division 1. The season runs from September to April. The Division is split into 5 regional leagues, Languedoc-Roussil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Caves Of Gargas The Caves of Gargas (french: Grottes de Gargas, ) in the Pyrenees region of France are known for their cave art from the Upper Paleolithic period - about 27,000 years old. The caves are open to the public. Location The caves are located near the town of Aventignan in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France, at the edge of the Haute-Garonne close to Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges. History Human occupation The caves have yielded evidence of occupation (bones, lithics (stone tools) and portable art) from the Mousterian to the Middle Ages, but it is most famous for its paintings and engravings of the Upper Paleolithic. The paintings have numerous negative hand stencils made by the stencil technique. The hands are red (ochre) or black (manganese oxide), using a mixture of iron oxide and manganese crushed with animal fat, and sprayed around the hand against the wall. Some have one or more fingers absent which leads to hypotheses of diseases, frostbite and ritual amput ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]