Back Gard Afrikaans Département Gard ALS Gardon AN غارد (إقليم فرنسي) Arabic Gard AST Qar (departament) Azerbaijani Гар (дэпартамент) Byelorussian Гар (дэпартамэнт) BE-X-OLD Гар Bulgarian Gard (departamant) Breton
Gard | |
|---|---|
 Prefecture building of the Gard department, in Nîmes | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Gard in France | |
| Coordinates: 44°7′41″N 4°4′54″E / 44.12806°N 4.08167°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Département | 4 March 1790 |
| Prefecture | Nîmes |
| Subprefectures | Alès, Le Vigan |
| Government | |
| • President | Denis Bouad |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,852.8 km2 (2,259.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2014)[3] | |
| • Total | 736,029 |
| • Rank | 33 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Gardois |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-30 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 23 |
| Communes | 353 |
| Website | http://www.gard.fr/ |
Gard is a French department in southern France in the Occitanie region and named after the Gardon river. Its prefecture is Nîmes.
- ↑ "Le Président". Le Gard départment (in French). Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ↑ "Comparateur de territoire Département du Gard (30)". Publications et statistiques pour la France ou les régions (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ↑ "Populations légales 2014 des départements et des collectivités d'outre-mer" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 9 January 2017.