Bagnols-sur-Cèze

Bagnols-sur-Cèze
Bagnols-sur-Cèze
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	Bagnols-sur-Cèze
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Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Bagnols-sur-Cèze
Intercommunality	Rhône Cèze Languedoc
Government
• Mayor (2010–2014)	Jean-Christian Rey
Area1	31.37 km2 (12.11 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	18,375
• Density	590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	30028 / 30200
Elevation	30–268 m (98–879 ft); (avg. 47 m or 154 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bagnols-sur-Cèze (Occitan: Banhòus de Céser) is a commune in the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon région in southern France.

History

A small regional center, Bagnols-sur-Cèze was quite certainly a Roman town (the name of the town comes from the Latin balnearius meaning baths) 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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	4,800	—
1800	4,888	+1.8%
1806	4,994	+2.2%
1821	4,921	−1.5%
1831	4,902	−0.4%
1836	4,847	−1.1%
1841	4,090	−15.6%
1846	4,827	+18.0%
1851	4,780	−1.0%
1856	4,870	+1.9%
1861	5,050	+3.7%
1866	5,184	+2.7%
1872	4,876	−5.9%
1876	4,930	+1.1%
1881	4,666	−5.4%
1886	4,458	−4.5%
1891	4,454	−0.1%
1896	4,500	+1.0%
1901	4,461	−0.9%
1906	4,582	+2.7%
1911	4,445	−3.0%
1921	3,918	−11.9%
1926	4,450	+13.6%
1931	4,481	+0.7%
1936	4,669	+4.2%
1946	5,211	+11.6%
1954	5,546	+6.4%
1962	12,905	+132.7%
1968	16,468	+27.6%
1975	17,534	+6.5%
1982	17,602	+0.4%
1990	17,872	+1.5%
1999	18,103	+1.3%
2008	18,506	+2.2%
2012	18,375	−0.7%

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

Sights

The old center of Bagnols-sur-Cèze retains its historic feel, with small streets and largely preservered architecture. Several façades are remarkable. The towns contains a notable museum of contemporary art, the Musée Albert-André, founded in 1868 as well as an archaeological museum with a collection of artifacts found mainly in nearby Roman sites.