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Bagnols-sur-Cèze (, literally ''Bagnols on
Cèze The Cèze (; oc, Céser) is a karstic French river, a right tributary of the Rhône. It runs through the departments of Lozère and Gard in the Occitanie region. It is long, and its basin area is . Its source is in the Cévennes mountai ...
''; oc, Banhòus de Céser) is a commune in the Gard department 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 ...
région in southern
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
.


History

A small regional center, Bagnols-sur-Cèze was quite certainly a Roman town (the name of the town comes from the Latin meaning “related to baths, bathing-place”) before the main part was built in the 13th century around a central arcaded square that is still preserved today. At the same period, the regional market was installed here, undoubtedly contributing to its expansion.


Population

Bagnols-sur-Ceze expanded steadily after the Marcoule nuclear center was established in 1956.


Sights

The old center of Bagnols-sur-Cèze retains its historic feel, with small streets and largely preserved architecture. Several façades are remarkable. The towns contains a notable
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of
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, the Musée Albert-André, founded in 1868 as well as an archaeological museum with a collection of artifacts found mainly in nearby Roman sites. The
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music band named
Alcest Alcest is a French post-black metal band from Bagnols-sur-Cèze, founded and led by Neige (Stéphane Paut). It began in 2000 as a black metal solo project by Neige, soon a trio, but following the release of their first demo in 2001, band memb ...
is from this city. There are several murals featuring
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s.


International relations

Bagnols-sur-Cèze is
twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...
with: * Braunfels, Germany, since 1959 *
Feltre Feltre ( vec, Fèltre) is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Belluno in Veneto, northern Italy. A hill town in the southern reaches of the province, it is located on the Stizzon River, about from its junction with the Piave, and southwe ...
, Italy, since 1961 * Newbury, England, since 1971 *
Eeklo Eeklo () is a Belgian municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises only the town of Eeklo proper. The name ''Eeklo'' comes from the contraction of "eke" and "lo", two Old German words meaning ''oak'' and ''sp ...
, Belgium, since 1976 * Carcaixent, Spain, since 1982 * Kiskunfélegyháza, Hungary


Notable people

*
Gersonides Levi ben Gershon (1288 – 20 April 1344), better known by his Graecized name as Gersonides, or by his Latinized name Magister Leo Hebraeus, or in Hebrew by the abbreviation of first letters as ''RaLBaG'', was a medieval French Jewish philosop ...
(born 1288), Jewish philosopher, Talmudist, mathematician, physician and astronomer/astrologer * Yann Hubert (born 1985), goalkeeper *
Albéric Pont Albéric Pont (1870–1960) was a French dentist A dentist, also known as a dental surgeon, is a health care professional who specializes in dentistry (the diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases and conditions of the mout ...
(1870-1960), dentist and pioneer in maxillofacial surgery * Lionel Pérez (born 1967), goalkeeper * Neige (born 1986), blackgaze musician Albert André, art collector of late 19th century art, who bequeathed his magnificent collection to the town of Bagnols-sur-Cèze, where it resides in the Mairie, as the Musée Albert André


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 intercommunalities (as of 2020):List of works by Auguste Carli


References


External links


Official website

Bagnols sur Cèze tourist office website


Communes of Gard Languedoc {{Gard-geo-stub