Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues

(2020–2026) Claude Cerpedes^[1]Area

13.11 km² (5.06 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,603 • Density350/km² (910/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

30284 /30520

Elevation130–365 m (427–1,198 ft)
(avg. 149 m or 489 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də valɡalɡ]; Occitan: Sent Martin de Valgalga) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	369	—
1821	710	+2.36%
1846	1,389	+2.72%
1872	1,503	+0.30%
1901	1,810	+0.64%
1926	2,694	+1.60%
1946	2,680	−0.03%
1962	3,713	+2.06%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,404	−1.44%
1975	3,364	−0.17%
1982	4,209	+3.25%
1990	4,487	+0.80%
1999	4,283	−0.52%
2007	4,150	−0.39%
2012	4,244	+0.45%
2017	4,419	+0.81%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE