Pujaut | |
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Coordinates: 44°00′20″N 4°46′31″E / 44.0056°N 4.7753°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Gard |
Arrondissement | Nîmes |
Canton | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon |
Intercommunality | CA Grand Avignon |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Sandrine Soulier[1] |
Area 1 | 23.5 km2 (9.1 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 3,908 |
• Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 30209 /30131 |
Elevation | 20–168 m (66–551 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Pujaut (French pronunciation: [pyʒo]; Occitan: Puejaut) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. The village is situated on the south side of a small hill overlooking a flat plain that once formed the bed of a lake. The lake was drained at the beginning of the 17th century. The village is located 3.5 km west of the Rhône, 4.5 km north of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon and 5 km south of Roquemaure. In 2017 the commune had a population of 4,136.