Bellegarde | |
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 A general view of Bellegarde | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Bellegarde  | |
  Bellegarde  Bellegarde | |
| Coordinates: 43°45′16″N 4°30′55″E / 43.7544°N 4.5153°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Nîmes |
| Canton | Beaucaire |
| Intercommunality | Beaucaire-Terre d'Argence |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Juan Martinez[1] |
Area 1 | 44.96 km2 (17.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 7,740 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30034 /30127 |
| Elevation | 1–102 m (3.3–334.6 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bellegarde (French pronunciation: [bɛlɡaʁd] ; Provençal: Bèlagarda) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
The village was the birthplace of Batisto Bonnet (1844–1925), a noted writer in the Provençal dialect.[3]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Petit, Marcel, Vido d'enfant - Batisto Bonnet. (in French), retrieved 5 October 2017