Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze

(2020–2026) Thierry Féline^[1]Area

89.81 km² (34.68 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,613 • Density40/km² (100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

30276 /30220

Elevation0–6 m (0–20 ft)
(avg. 5 m or 16 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ loʁɑ̃ deɡuz]; Provençal: Sent Laurenç de Gosa) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze station has rail connections to Nîmes and Le Grau-du-Roi.

The commune contains the ruins of Psalmody Abbey, a Benedictine monastery founded in the 5th century.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,862	—
1975	1,728	−1.06%
1982	1,730	+0.02%
1990	2,323	+3.75%
1999	2,738	+1.84%
2007	3,210	+2.01%
2012	3,343	+0.82%
2017	3,474	+0.77%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Trivia

Filming location for the soap opera "Ici Tout Commence", which its main set at the Auguste Armand Institute.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE