Souvignargues

Souvignargues (French pronunciation: [suviɲaʁɡ]; Occitan: Sauvinhargues) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Souvignargues
Commune
Church of St. Stephen
Coat of arms
Location of Souvignargues
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Coordinates: 43°48′53″N 4°07′23″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Calvisson
Intercommunality	Pays de Sommières
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Catherine Lecerf[1]
Area 1	11.09 km2 (4.28 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	932
• Density	84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30324 /30250
Elevation	42–173 m (138–568 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	405	—
1968	406	+0.2%
1975	370	−8.9%
1982	460	+24.3%
1990	545	+18.5%
1999	589	+8.1%
2008	717	+21.7%

Sights

• Remains of the feudal castle (13th-14th centuries)
• Church of St. Stephen (Saint-Étienne d'Escattes), at Escattes, dating to the 12th century.
• Ruined Romanesque church of St. Andrew (12th century)
• Grotto of Bézal, inhabited from the mid-Palaeolithic Age

See also

• Communes of the Gard department