Barjac, Gard

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Coordinates: 44°18′32″N 4°20′55″E / 44.3089, 4.3486

Commune of Barjac

The Hôtel de Ville in Barjac
Location
Barjac, Gard (France)
Barjac, Gard
Administration
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon
Department Gard
Arrondissement d'Alès
Canton Canton de Barjac
Mayor Edouard Chaulet
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 112 m–364 m
(avg. 250 m)
Land area¹ 42,72 km²
Population²
(1999)
1379
 - Density 32/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 30029/ 30430
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Barjac is a town and commune in extreme north of the Gard département in southern France. The valley of the river Cèze lies to the south, and the river Ardèche is 10 km to the north.

Barjac is a Renaissance town. The old city centre retains ancient narrow streets, squares and houses of that time. The chateau of the Counts of the Roure, with its stone courtyard, once called the "Citadel", has been rebuilt several times from the twelfth century,it is an imposing edifice in which there is now a library in the former stables and a cinema in the old kitchens. The chateau is the venue for the festival "Chansons et Paroles" (Songs and Words) held annually in late July.

The contemporary German artist Anselm Kiefer has had his studio, called the Ribaute, in Barjac since 1993 in a former industrial wasteland of 35 hectares.

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