Beauvoisin (; oc, Bèuvesin) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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in the
Gard
Gard () is a department in Southern France, located in the region of Occitanie. It had a population of 748,437 as of 2019;[department
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Government and military
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in southern
France
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.
Beauvoisin station
Beauvoisin is a railway station in Beauvoisin, Gard, Occitanie, southern France. Within TER Occitanie
TER Occitanie or liO TER Occitanie is the regional rail network serving the region of Occitanie, southern France. It is operated by the Fre ...
has rail connections to Nîmes and Le Grau-du-Roi.
Beauvoisin is a small southern village with a post office, bar, newsagent, grocers, butchers and a couple of bakeries. It retains a tradition of bull running in the city streets and the arenas. This involves retrieving decorations that are attached to the bull's horns. The idea is to demonstrate bravery rather than to kill or gain a victory over a bull. Another local tradition is the
Empègue which appears annually in designs that reflect the local culture.
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translation
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Historic buildings
The castle was an early building being constructed in 1067 for the
Knights Templar
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.
The
protestant
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temple
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was built in 1819 by the architect Charled Durand. A bell tower was added in 1835. In 2012, it was officially declared a
historical monument
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.
Population
See also
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Costières de Nîmes AOC
Costières de Nîmes is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) for wines that are produced in an area between the ancient city of Nîmes and the western Rhône delta, in the French department of the Gard. Formerly part of the Languedoc region ...
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Communes of the Gard department
This is a list of the 351 Communes of France, communes of the Gard Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):
References
Communes of Gard
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