Montfrin
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Commune of Montfrin |
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| Location | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Nîmes |
| Canton | Aramon |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pont du Gard |
| Mayor | M. Jean-Marie Biot (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 7 m–78 m (avg. 21 m) |
| Land area¹ | 15.29 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
2,934 |
| - Density | 191/km² (1999) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30179/ 30490 |
| 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. | |
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Montfrin is a village and commune of the Gard département, in southern France. Population: 2,934 (Montfrinois).
[edit] Geography
Montfrin is located between Nîmes and Avignon, 10 km away from the Pont du Gard. The Gardon flows through the commune.
[edit] History
In Roman times, the place was called Mons Ferinus (mountain of the ferocious animals).
Charles Martel fought a battle there against the Saracens in 736, four years after the Battle of Tours.
The village has attracted celebrities during its history (including François I, Richelieu, Molière), and until the French Revolution, due to the presence of a "healing" spring, the spring of Fontcluse. A story says that the virtues of the spring were discovered by Charles Martel, who witnessed the healing of wounded soldiers after the battle.
[edit] External links
- Pictures of the village (French)
