Garrigues-Sainte-Eulalie

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Coordinates: 43°59′39″N 4°18′57″E / 43.99416, 4.31583

Administration
Commune of Garrigues-Sainte-Eulalie
Location

Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Saint-Chaptes
Intercommunality	none
Mayor	Daniel Viala (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	75 m–215 m (avg. 120 m)
Land area^¹	10 km²
Population^² (1999)	516
- Density	51/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	30126/ 30190
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Garrigues-Sainte-Eulalie is a town and commune in the Gard department, in southern France, part of the Languedoc-Roussillon region. Its population in 2007 was 518 people living on 1,000 hectares. [1]. It is 54 km from Montpellier. The people who live there are called Garrigois in French. [2]

1 History
2 Economy
3 Architecture
4 External links

[edit] History

Traces of the early peoples of the "Fontbouisse culture" have been discovered, as well as many Roman ruins. The area was a feudal domain belonging to the Duke of Uzès. [3] Before 1789 this commune was in two parts — Garrigues and Sainte-Eulalie. During the French Revolution the two communes were combined and given the name Canteperdrix. In 1814 the combined commune was maintained under the name Garrigues-et-Sainte Eulalie, and on 16 February 1976 the current hyphenated form was adopted. See the FranceGenWeb site.

[edit] Economy

The local economy includes general agriculture, vineyards. orchards and sheep raising. [4]

[edit] Architecture

The 19th century Sainte-Eulalie Church was built on the ruins of a former fortified castle, which burned in 1704. Its tower is now the clock-tower of the church. The castle was deeded to the Bourdic factory in the 19th century. There is a later, 19th century, castle in the Garrigues region of the town. [5]