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Montdardier
Montdardier and the Tude forest Administration Country France Region Languedoc-Roussillon Department Gard Arrondissement Le Vigan Canton Le Vigan Intercommunality Pays viganais Mayor Daniel Carrière
(2008–2014)Statistics Elevation 259–889 m (850–2,917 ft) Land area1 35.25 km2 (13.61 sq mi) Population2 193 (2008) - Density 5 /km2 (13 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 30176/ 30120 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. Coordinates: 43°55′42″N 3°35′33″E / 43.9283333333°N 3.5925°E
Montdardier is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
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Population
Historical population of Montdardier 1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851 1856 466 432 601 714 698 715 727 700 738 677 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896 1901 1906 672 616 577 569 578 581 743 885 918 1051 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954 1962 1968 1975 870 558 466 424 340 324 316 273 215 197 1982 1990 1999 2008 178 157 187 193 Sights
- The castle in neo-gothic style
- La Tude massif
- The church
Several quarries above Montdardier were formerly important sources of lithographic limestone. Stone from these quarries, marketed as Vigan stone, earned an honorable mention in the Great Exhibition of 1851.[1]
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References
- ^ Class I, Report on Mining, Quarrying, Metallurgical Operations, and Mineral Products, Reports by the Juries on the Subjects in the Thirty Classes Into Which the Exhibition was Divided, Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851, Clowes, London, 1852; page 28.
Categories:- Communes of Gard
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