occitan Occitan may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain.
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania administrative region of France.
* Occitan language
Occitan (; o ...
) is a river in southern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
that flows into the
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ea ...
in
Le Grau-du-Roi
Le Grau-du-Roi (; oc, Lo Grau dau Rei) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It is the only commune in Gard to have a frontage on the Mediterranean. To the west is the Herault department and La Grande-Motte village, and to th ...
. Its source is in the
Cévennes
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mountains, northwest of
Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort
Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort (; oc, Sent Ipolit) is a commune in the Gard department, Occitania, southern France. The town has a silk museum and barracks.
Population
In literature
A book titled 'Divided Loyalties' described life in the commune and ...
Gallargues-le-Montueux
Gallargues-le-Montueux (; oc, Galargues) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Geography
Gallargues-le-Montueux is situated near the river Vidourle, 6 km northeast of Lunel and 20 km southwest of Nîmes. Gallargue ...
, it was crossed by the old Roman road
Via Domitia
The Via Domitia was the first Roman road built in Gaul, to link Italy and Hispania through Gallia Narbonensis, across what is now Southern France. The route that the Romans regularised and paved was ancient when they set out to survey it, and tr ...
with the now ruined Roman bridge
Pont Ambroix
The Pont Ambroix or Pont d'Ambrussum ( French for ''Ambrussum Bridge'') was a 1st-century BC Roman bridge in the south of France which was part of the Via Domitia. It crossed the Vidourle at Ambrussum, between today's Gallargues-le-Montueux in t ...
.
The Vidourle flows through the following departments and towns:
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Gard
Gard () is a department in Southern France, located in the region of Occitanie. It had a population of 748,437 as of 2019;Saint-Roman-de-Codières,
Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort
Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort (; oc, Sent Ipolit) is a commune in the Gard department, Occitania, southern France. The town has a silk museum and barracks.
Population
In literature
A book titled 'Divided Loyalties' described life in the commune and ...
Sommières
Sommières (; oc, Someire) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France, located at the border with the Hérault department.
It lies from Nîmes, from Montpellier.
Geography
Sommières is to the south of the garrigues and on th ...
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Hérault
Hérault (; oc, Erau, ) is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France. Named after the Hérault River, its prefecture is Montpellier. It had a population of 1,175,623 in 2019.Lunel,
Marsillargues
Marsillargues (; Provençal: ''Marsilhargues'') is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.
Its inhabitants are called ''Marsillarguois''.
Geography
The city is situated on the Vidourle river, at mid distance of Montpellier an ...
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Gard
Gard () is a department in Southern France, located in the region of Occitanie. It had a population of 748,437 as of 2019;Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze
Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze (; Provençal: ''Sent Laurenç de Gosa'') is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze station has rail connections to Nîmes and Le Grau-du-Roi.
The commune contains the ruins of Psa ...
,
Le Grau-du-Roi
Le Grau-du-Roi (; oc, Lo Grau dau Rei) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It is the only commune in Gard to have a frontage on the Mediterranean. To the west is the Herault department and La Grande-Motte village, and to th ...