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Mons is a commune in France, situated within the Gard department and the Occitanie region. It lies in the arrondissement of Alès and the canton of Alès-Sud-Est. The municipality has an area of 15.94 square kilometers and an elevation of 281 meters above sea level. Its postal code is 30340.
The population of Mons is 1,813, comprising 823 males and 854 females. The commune shares borders with Méjannes-lès-Alès, Monteils, Les Plans, and Saint-Just-et-Vacquières. It is associated with the electoral district of canton of Alès-2.
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Occitania
- Department
- Gard
- Arrondissement
- Alès
- Canton
- Alès-2
- Intercommunality
- Alès Agglomération
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Gérard Banquet
- Area
- 15.94 km (6.15 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 1,813
- Density
- 113.7/km (294.6/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 30173 /30340
- Elevation
- 129–281 m (423–922 ft) , (avg. 179 m or 587 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Mons
- Country
- France
- Located in
- canton of Alès-Sud-Est
- Population
- 1789
- Area
- 15.94
- Elevation
- 182
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Servas
- Official website
- www.mairiedemons.fr
- Image
- Mons - Place de la Mairie - Mairie.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mons (Gard)
- postal code
- 30340
- different from
- Mons
- associated electoral district
- canton of Alès-2
- male population
- 823
- female population
- 854
- P8168
- Rudolf von Tavel
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-66-83-10-74
- fax number
- +33-4-66-83-74-95
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Travel guide
Understand
Mons was the European Capital of Culture in 2015, together with Plzeň in the Czech Republic. Mons city government website
Get in
thumb|right|Screen door of the Mons Royal Theate
Get around
A free shuttle service runs between 07:00 and 21:00. The shuttles run along three circuits, all of which terminate at the train station Gare B. All run past Sainte Waudru and the Grand Place.
Sleep
thumb|right|The belfry thumb|right|Mons seen from the countryside
Go next
The historic town of Nimy is a few kilometers to the north up the N6. The Grand-Large Marina is close to the Imagipark amusement park, and is a good place to start a canal tour of the local waterways. The MAC's in Grand-Hornu (via TEC Bus lines 7 and 9) is a beautiful museum in a superb historic industrial coal site. Visit also the places near Grand-Hornu where Vincent Van Gogh lived. Cambron-Casteau — home to Pairi Daiza, a popular animal park north of Mons on the way to Ath.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Mons ( French pronunciation: [mɔ̃s] ; Occitan: Monts) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Population
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mons” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.