Castillon-du-Gard

Commune in Occitanie, France

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Castillon-du-Gard

(2020–2026) Muriel Dherbecourt^[1]Area

17.38 km² (6.71 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,676 • Density96/km² (250/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

30073 /30210

Elevation17–194 m (56–636 ft)
(avg. 98 m or 322 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Castillon-du-Gard (French pronunciation: [kastijɔ̃ dy ɡaʁ]; Occitan: Castilhon de Gard) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	434	—
1968	468	+7.8%
1975	589	+25.9%
1982	716	+21.6%
1990	759	+6.0%
1999	943	+24.2%
2008	1,306	+38.5%
2016	1,802	+38.0%

Notable people

Niels Kaj Jerne (1911–1994), Danish immunologist and Nobel Prize winner, died in Castillon-du-Gard

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Castillon-du-Gard.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.