Bagnols-sur-Cèze

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Bagnols-sur-Cèze is a French town of 18,761 inhabitants in the Gard département in the Languedoc-Roussillon région.

A small regional center, Bagnols-sur-Cèze was quite certainly a Roman town (the name of the town comes from the latin balnearius meaning baths) before the main part was built in the 13th century around a central arcaded square that is still preserved today. At the same period, the regional market was installed here, undoubtedly contributing to its expansion.

The old center of Bagnols-sur-Cèze retains its historic feel, with small streets and largely preservered architecture. Several facades are remarkable. The towns contains a notable museum of contemporary art, the Musée Albert-André, founded in 1868.

It is twinned with the town of Newbury in the United Kingdom.