Gard 90566 225174933 2008-07-12T08:09:53Z Micoucou 1169199 /* External links */ {{for|the marine insurance company|Assuranceforeningen Gard}} {{Infobox_Department_of_France| department=Gard|number=30| region=[[Languedoc-Roussillon]]| prefecture=[[Nîmes]]| subprefectures=[[Alès]]<br>[[Le Vigan]]| population=623,125|pop_date=1999|pop_rank=34th|density=106| area=5853|area_scale=9| arrond=3|cantons=46|communes=353| president=[[Damien Alary]]|pres_party=[[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]| img_coa=Blason département fr Gard.svg| }} '''Gard''' ([[Occitan]]: ''Gard'') is a ''[[departments of France|département]]'' located in [[Southern France|southern]] [[France]] in the [[Languedoc-Roussillon]] [[Regions of France|region]]. It is named after the river [[Gardon]] (or Gard). == History == The Gard area was settled by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] in classical times. It was crossed by the [[Via Domitia]], which was constructed in [[118 BC]]. Gard is one of the original 83 departments created during the [[French Revolution]] on [[March 4]], [[1790]]. It was created from the [[Provinces of France|ancient province]] of [[Languedoc]]. == Geography == Gard is part of the [[Regions of France|region]] of [[Languedoc-Roussillon]] and is surrounded by the department of [[Hérault]], [[Lozère]], [[Aveyron]], [[Bouches-du-Rhône]], [[Vaucluse]], and [[Ardèche]]. The highest point in the department is the [[Mont Aigoual]]. Serious [[flood]]ing has occurred in the department in recent years. == Tourism == Gard contains a part of the [[Cévennes National Park]]. There are important [[Roman architecture|Roman architectural]] remains in [[Nîmes]], as well as the [[Pont du Gard]] [[Roman aqueduct]]. [[image:Département du Gard (signpost).JPG|thumb|300px|Signpost welcoming travellers into the Gard, at [[Beaucaire, Gard|Beaucaire]].]] ==See also== *[[Cantons of the Gard department]] *[[Communes of the Gard department]] *[[Arrondissements of the Gard department]] == External links == {{commonscat}} * {{fr icon}} [http://www.gard.pref.gouv.fr/ Prefecture website] * {{fr icon}} [http://www.cg30.fr/ General Council website] * {{fr icon}} [http://www.gard-tourisme.com/ Welcome to the Gard] * {{en icon}} [http://www.gard-tourisme.com/uk/ Welcome to the Gard] * (English and French) [http://www.regordane.info The Regordane Way or St Gilles Trail] * [http://www.quid.fr/departements.html?mode=detail&dep=30&style=map Map of the department] {{Departments of France}} [[Category:Gard|*]] [[af:Gard]] [[an:Gardon]] [[frp:Gard (dèpartement)]] [[br:Gard (departamant)]] [[ca:Gard]] [[cs:Gard]] [[cv:Гар (департамент)]] [[ceb:Gard]] [[cy:Gard]] [[da:Gard]] [[de:Gard (Département)]] [[es:Gard]] [[eo:Gard]] [[eu:Gard]] [[fr:Gard]] [[id:Gard]] [[it:Gard]] [[pam:Gard]] [[lad:Gard]] [[la:Vardo (praefectura Franciae)]] [[lt:Gardas (departamentas)]] [[nl:Gard (departement)]] [[ja:ガール県]] [[no:Gard (departement)]] [[nn:Departementet Gard]] [[oc:Gard (departament)]] [[nds:Gard (Bezirk)]] [[pl:Gard (departament)]] [[pt:Gard]] [[ro:Gard (departament)]] [[ru:Гар (департамент)]] [[scn:Gard]] [[sk:Gard]] [[sl:Gard]] [[sr:Гар (департман)]] [[fi:Gard]] [[sv:Gard]] [[vi:Gard]] [[tg:Департаменти Гар]] [[uk:Ґар]] [[zh:加尔省]]