Remoulins (; oc, Remolins) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
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 southern
France
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.
The town lies on the River
Gardon
The Gardon or Gard ( Occitan and French: ''Gardon, Gard'', , ) is a river in southern France. It is the namesake of the department of Gard. Several of its tributaries are also called ''Gardon''. It is long, and takes its source in the commu ...
or Gard, and is a short distance downstream of the Roman aqueduct
Pont du Gard
The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over to the Roman colony of ''Nemausus'' ( Nîmes). It crosses the river Gardon near the town of Vers-Pont-du-Gard in southern France. The Pont ...
, in nearby
Vers-Pont-du-Gard
Vers-Pont-du-Gard (; ''Vèrs'' in Occitan) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
The Pont du Gard is located on the territory of the commune.
Gallery
Chapelle St Pierre, Vers-Pont-du-Gard.jpg, Chapelle Saint-Pierre
Vestige ...
.
The current bridge over the Gardon in the town itself was completed in 1994, the successor to two previous suspension bridges. The remains of the first, built in 1830 by
the Seguin brothers, are visible on the left bank.
Population
Transport
Remoulins has
a train station. However, no passenger trains are currently scheduled to stop there.
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 communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):
References
External links
Pictures of RemoulinsPictures of the remains of a suspension bridge
Communes of Gard
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