Nîmes
Nîmes
Nimes (Occitan) | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
View of Nîmes from Tour Magne Arena of Nîmes Fontaine Pradier Maison Carrée at night | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Nîmes | |
Nîmes Nîmes | |
| Coordinates: 43°50′18″N 04°21′35″E / 43.83833°N 4.35972°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Nîmes |
| Canton | Nîmes-1, 2, 3 and 4 and Saint-Gilles |
| Intercommunality | CA Nîmes Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Paul Fournier[1] (LR) |
Area 1 | 161.85 km2 (62.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 150,444 |
| • Density | 930/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Nîmois (masculine) Nîmoise (feminine) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30189 /30000 and 30900 |
| Elevation | 21–215 m (69–705 ft) (avg. 39 m or 128 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Nîmes (/niːm/ NEEM, French: [nim] ⓘ; Occitan: Nimes [ˈnimes]; Latin: Nemausus) is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Cévennes, the commune of Nîmes had an estimated population of 148,561 in 2019.[3]
Dubbed the most Roman city outside Italy,[4] Nîmes has a rich history dating back to the Roman Empire when the city had a population of 50,000–60,000 and was the regional capital.[5][6][7][8] Several famous monuments are in Nîmes, such as the Arena of Nîmes and the Maison Carrée. Because of this, Nîmes is often referred to as the "French Rome".
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- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Populations légales 2019: 30 Gard Archived 27 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE
- ^ "Nîmes, the most Roman city outside Italy, just got more Roman". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ Frank Sear (1983). Roman Architecture. Cornell University Press. p. 213. ISBN 0-8014-9245-9.
- ^ Trudy Ring; Noelle Watson; Paul Schellinger (28 October 2013). Northern Europe: International Dictionary of Historic Places. Taylor & Francis. p. 853. ISBN 978-1-136-63951-7. Archived from the original on 16 September 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
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