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communauté d'agglomération An agglomeration community (french: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté urb ...

'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

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Nîmes Nîmes ( , ; oc, Nimes ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Located between the Mediterranean Sea and Cévennes, the commune of Nîmes has an estimated population of 148,5 ...

. It is located 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 Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

, in the

Occitanie Occitanie may refer to: *Occitania, a region in southern France called ''Occitanie'' in French *Occitania (administrative region) Occitania ( ; french: Occitanie ; oc, Occitània ; ca, Occitània ) is the southernmost administrative region of ...

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, southern

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. It was created in January 2002.CA de Nîmes Métropole (N° SIREN : 243000643)
BANATIC, accessed 6 April 2022. Its area is 790.9 km². Its population was 257,987 in 2014, of which 149,633 in Nîmes proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 39 communes:INSEE
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Bernis Bernis (; oc, Berniç) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also * Costières de Nîmes AOC * Communes of the Gard department This is a list of the 351 communes of the Gard department of France. The comm ...

Bezouce Bezouce (; oc, Besoça) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also * Costières de Nîmes AOC * Communes of the Gard department This is a list of the 351 communes of the Gard department of France. The ...

# Bouillargues # Cabrières # Caissargues #

La Calmette La Calmette (; oc, La Caumeta) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gard department This is a list of the 351 communes of the Gard department of France. The communes cooperate in ...

Caveirac Caveirac (; oc, Cavairac) is a commune and a village in the Gard department in southern France. It is located west of Nîmes and is the first village in the Vaunage reached when travelling from Nîmes. Its early history is unclear but it wa ...

Clarensac Clarensac (; oc, Clarençac) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gard department This is a list of the 351 communes of the Gard department of France. The communes cooperate in th ...

# Dions # Domessargues # Fons # Gajan #

Garons Garons is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. The Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport, also called "Garons Airport" is located very close to Garons, on the territory of the commune of Saint-Gilles. Population See also ...

# Générac # Langlade #

Lédenon Lédenon (; oc, Ledenon) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gard department This is a list of the 351 communes of the Gard department of France. The communes cooperate in the fo ...

Manduel Manduel (; oc, Manduèlh) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Nîmes-Pont-du-Gard station, with high speed connections to Paris and Perpignan and regional services to Avignon, Nîmes and Montpellier, is situated in the comm ...

Marguerittes Marguerittes (; oc, Margarida) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. In 1717, Antoine de Teissier (b.1667) was created the 1st Baron de Marguerittes. One of his sons was a Huguenot who took refuge in Switzerland and his grandson ...

Mauressargues Mauressargues (; oc, Maureçargues) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gard department This is a list of the 351 Communes of France, communes of the Gard Departments of France, depar ...

Milhaud Darius Milhaud (; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as ''The Group of Six''—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions ...

Montagnac Montagnac or Montanhac may refer to the following places in France: * Montagnac, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, a former commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence ''département'' that is now a part of Montagnac-Montpezat *Montagnac, Gard, in the Gard ''dé ...

Montignargues Montignargues (; oc, Montinhargues) is a Communes of France, commune in the Gard Departments of France, department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gard department References

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Moulézan Moulézan (; oc, Molesan) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gard department This is a list of the 351 Communes of France, communes of the Gard Departments of France, department of ...

Poulx Poulx () is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Between the years of 1943 and 1945, it served as a secret meeting place for French resistance fighters. History World War II The small size of the commune made Poulx a relative ...

Redessan Redessan (; Provençal: ''Redeçan'') is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gard department * Costières de Nîmes AOC Costières de Nîmes is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) ...

Rodilhan Rodilhan () is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gard department This is a list of the 351 communes of the Gard department of France. The communes cooperate in the following inter ...

# La Rouvière # Saint-Bauzély #

Saint-Chaptes Saint-Chaptes (; Provençal: ''Sench Agde'') is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gard department This is a list of the 351 Communes of France, communes of the Gard Departments of Fran ...

Saint-Côme-et-Maruéjols Saint-Côme-et-Maruéjols (; oc, Sent Còsme e Maruèjols) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gard department This is a list of the 351 communes of the Gard department of France. ...

# Saint-Dionisy # Sainte-Anastasie #

Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès (; oc, Sent Ginièis de Malgoiriés) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gard department This is a list of the 351 communes of the Gard department of F ...

Saint-Gervasy Saint-Gervasy (; oc, Sent Gervasi) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also * Communes of the Gard department * Gervasius and Protasius Saints Gervasius and Protasius (also Saints Gervase and Protase, ...

# Saint-Gilles # Saint-Mamert-du-Gard # Sauzet #

Sernhac Sernhac is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also *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 commun ...

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