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Roquemaure is a commune in France, situated within the Gard department and the arrondissement of Nîmes. It serves as the capital of the canton of Roquemaure and is part of the Grand Avignon administrative entity. The town is located in the Occitanie region and shares borders with Montfaucon, Orange, Sauveterre, and Tavel.
The commune has an area of 26.22 square kilometers and an elevation above sea level of 176 meters. It is situated next to the Rhône body of water. The population is recorded as 5,545, comprising 2,628 males and 2,853 females. The official postal code for the area is 30150.
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Place details
- Locality
- Roquemaure
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 5,293
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Occitania
- Department
- Gard
- Arrondissement
- Nîmes
- Canton
- Roquemaure
- Intercommunality
- CA Grand Avignon
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Nathalie Nury
- Area
- 26.22 km (10.12 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 5,529
- Density
- 210.9/km (546.1/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 30221 /30150
- Elevation
- 20–176 m (66–577 ft) , (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
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Encyclopedic overview
Roquemaure ( French pronunciation: [ʁɔkmɔʁ]; Occitan: Ròcamaura; Provençal: Recamaulo) is a small town and commune in the Gard department of southern France. The town lies 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) north of Avignon on the right bank of the Rhône. As of 2023, the population of the commune was 5,529.
Roquemaure was the site of a royal castle during the medieval period but after the French Revolution the castle was dismantled and now only two towers remain. In the 18th century Roquemaure was the centre of attempts to regulate the production of wine in the area and the term "Côte du Rhône" was coined. The town is infamous as the site where phylloxera, a pest of grapevines, was introduced into France from North America via England in the 1860s. Viticulture is still an important activity in the commune. Several types of wine are produced including some classified as Côtes du Rhône Appellation d'origine contrôlée.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roquemaure” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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