Marsillargues

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Marsillargues is a French town and municipality (called commune in French), located in South of France, in the department of Herault. The population of the city is 6700 inhabitants. Its inhabitants are called Marsillarguois.

1 Geography
2 Sights
3 Famous People

[edit] Geography

The city is situated on the Vidourle river, at mid distance of Montpellier and Nîmes. The commune lies on a vast plain, quite marshy in the south part, which is called Petite Camargue. The closest towns to Marsillargues are Lunel, Aimargues and Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze.

[edit] Sights

[edit] Guillaume de Nogaret's Castle

The castle was founded in 1305 by Guillaume de Nogaret, who became Lord of Marsillargues, in reward of his services returned to Philip IV, King of France. From the feudal castle, only the undergrounds, the large kitchens and the dungeon with its square tower are still there.

Le château Guillaume de Nogaret

[edit] Saint-Sauveur Church

The church was built in 1688 by Jacques Cubissol, and houses a remarkable oil painting on canvas "La Nativité" attributed to French painter Charles Errard.

[edit] Protestant Temple

A Temple was first built in between 1574 and 1582. During the tragic period of French Wars of Religion, it was damaged, and repaired in 1599, and then, totally destroyed in 1685, after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The Concordat of 1801 allowed a protestant minister to be nominated in 1803 at Marsillargues. The building of a new Temple was inaugurated in 1806, and achieved in 1818.

[edit] Famous People

Jacques Antoine Mourgues, French Interior Minister in 1792, is born in Marsillargues in 1734.

Paulin Etienne d'Anglas de Praviel, is born in Marsillargues in 1793. French lieutenant known as the last marooned man of the shipwreck of the French frigate The Medusa.