Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort
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Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort (; oc, Sent Ipolit) is a commune 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, ...
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Occitania Occitania ( oc, Occitània , , or ) is the historical region in Western Europe, Western and Southern Europe where the Occitan language, Occitan language was historically spoken and where it is sometimes still used as a second language. This ...
, southern France. The town has a silk museum and barracks.


Population


In literature

A book titled 'Divided Loyalties' described life in the commune and the area during the Second World War as experienced by
Janet Teissier du Cros Janet Teissier du Cros (born Janet Sinclair Craigie Grierson; 26 January 1905 – 14 October 1990) was a writer, translator, broadcaster and pianist who was brought up in Scotland and then lived in France for sixty years. She wrote about her life ...
and family.


See also

* Communes of the Gard department


References

Communes of Gard {{Gard-geo-stub