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TAVE RIVER VALLEY
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Cavillargues |
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Click to visit town, village or monument ::
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Population :: |
715 |
Village
festival :: |
Third weekend of July |
Town hall :: |
04 66 82 02 51 |
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Cavillargues is situated at the bottom of a fertile valley which
is irrigated by the Auzigue. The district is part of the region
called the Gard Rhodanien. It is administratively linked to
Languedoc, but it also shares a cultural identity with neighboring
Provence.
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shops |
In Cavillargues you can supply all your everyday needs in
the local shops; there is also a winery.
Numerous lodgings for vacationers (self-catering cottages, furnished accommodations). |
heritage |
Although the old ramparts were destroyed in 1793, the two
castles that were connected to these fortifications have been renovated.
The castle of la Fare, reconstructed in 1570, has a Renaissance façade
and a winding staircase. The castle of Nicolay, begun in 1590, is flanked
by two round towers, and it features a banistered staircase and a monumental
Renaissance doorway.
The church dates from 1861.
The Ermitage de Saint-Sépulcre is a small, recently renovated Romanesque
chapel. It is currently the object of two pilgrimages. |
history |
Cavillargues has been populated since prehistoric times,
as is proven by a great dolmen topped with a stone that is four meters
long and two and a half meters wide. The Roman civilization also left
visible traces. The site of a Gallo-Roman farm is currently being excavated.
In the 11th century, the village was under the control of the Sabran family and
then of the la Fare family in the 14th century.
In the 19th century, the modern age was introduced to this town starting in 1882,
with the appearance of the railroad that linked Alès to the Rhône
(a line which was discontinued in 1952). |
local
products |
Agriculture has always predominated in Cavillargues. The rise
of wine-growing did not prevent the more modest and more irregular development
of fruit farming (cherries, peaches, apricots), or market farming (asparagus).
A large part of the territory was classified within the appellation of "Côtes
du Rhône" in 1955. The production of wines of "origine contrôlée" has
become the largely dominant. |
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