Beauvoisin (; ) 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 in southern

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Beauvoisin station Beauvoisin is a railway station in Beauvoisin, Gard, Occitanie, southern France. Within TER Occitanie TER Occitanie or liO Train is the regional rail network serving the region of Occitanie, southern France. It is operated by the French na ...

has rail connections to Nîmes and Le Grau-du-Roi. Beauvoisin is a small southern village with a post office, bar, newsagent, grocers, butchers and a couple of bakeries. It retains a tradition of bull running in the city streets and the arenas. This involves retrieving decorations that are attached to the bull's horns. The idea is to demonstrate bravery rather than to kill or gain a victory over a bull. Another local tradition is the

Empègue ''Empègues'' are small images stencilled on doorways in the Occitania region of southern France. The ''empègue'' symbolizes that the household has contributed to groups of youths gathering funds for celebrations each August. The drawings are ...

which appears annually in designs that reflect the local culture.Beauvoisin 2008
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Historic buildings

The castle was an early building being constructed in 1067 for the

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. The

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was built in 1819 by the architect Charled Durand. A bell tower was added in 1835. In 2012, it was officially declared a

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. File:Beauvoisin Le Temple.jpg, Protestant temple of Beauvoisin in 2006 File:Beauvoisin Ecole en 2006 et 1900.jpg, The primary school File:Beauvoisin la Mairie et l'Horloge en 2006 et 1900.jpg, The Town Hall and Clock File:Moulin de Beauvoisin.JPG, One of the two remains of windmills File:Les arénes de Beauvoisin.JPG, The bull arena after renovation in 2007 File:IMG 1663 -Empègues.jpg, Empègues - not on a historic building!

Historic buildings

Population

See also