Roquemaure | |
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 The church of Roquemaure | |
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| Coordinates: 44°03′09″N 4°46′45″E / 44.0525°N 4.7792°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Nîmes |
| Canton | Roquemaure |
| Intercommunality | CA Grand Avignon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Nathalie Nury[1] |
| Area 1 | 26.22 km2 (10.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 5,526 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (550/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) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Roquemaure (French pronunciation: [ʁɔkmoʁ]; Occitan: Ròcamaura; Provençal: Recamaulo)[a] 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. In 2017 the commune had a population of 5,481.[6]
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.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Mistral, Frédéric (1879). Lou Trésor dou Félibrige ou Dictionnaire provençal-français (in French and Occitan). Vol. 2: G-Z. Aix-en-Provence: J. Remondet-Aubin. p. 798.
- ^ Mistral, Frédéric (1897). Le Poème du Rhône (in French and Occitan). Paris: Alphonse Lemerre. p. 130.
- ^ Bauquier, J. (1878). "A propos d'une lacune de nos dictionnaires de géographie". Zeitscrift für Romanische Philologie (in French). 2: 89–91.
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