Uzès
Sign in to saveUzès (; ) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Uzès lies about north-northeast of Nîmes, west of Avignon, and southeast of Alès.
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Uzès is a small town in the Gard department of Southern France, located between the cities of Nîmes, Avignon, and Alès. It serves as a commune, which is France's basic unit of local government and administration.
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15 sectionsContents
- History
- Ucetia
- Ucetia and Pont du Gard
- Second World War
- Geography
- Climate
- Dukes of Uzès
- Sights
- Economy
- Population
- Notable people
- See also
- References
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Uzès (; ) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Uzès lies about north-northeast of Nîmes, west of Avignon, and southeast of Alès.
==History== thumb|Old town Originally Ucetia or Eutica in Latin, Uzès was a small Gallo-Roman oppidum, or administrative settlement. The town lies at the source of the Alzon river, at Fontaine d'Eure, from where a Roman aqueduct was built in the first century AD, to supply water to the city of Nîmes, away. The most famous stretch of the aqueduct is the Pont du Gard, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which carried fresh water over splendid arches across the Gardon river.