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
France
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Population
Sights
*Remains of the feudal castle (13th-14th centuries)
*Church of St. Stephen (''Saint-Étienne d'Escattes''), at Escattes, dating to the 12th century.
*Ruined Romanesque church of St. Andrew (12th century)
*Grotto of Bézal, inhabited from the mid-
Palaeolithic
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Age
See also
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Communes of the Gard department
This is a list of the 350 communes of the Gard department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Gard
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