Sommières - France
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N 43° 46.939 E 004° 05.354
31T E 587646 N 4848271
Sommières (Someire en occitan) est une commune française située dans le département du Gard, en région Occitanie. Sommières is a commune in the Gard department in Occitania in north-western France.
Waymark Code: WMVQKC
Location: Occitanie, France
Date Posted: 05/18/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Dorcadion Team
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Credits : Wikipedia

"Située à l'extrême sud du département du Gard, à la périphérie ouest de la plaine de la Vaunage et à la périphérie du département de l'Hérault, dans une région très viticole, à vingt-sept kilomètres de Nîmes et à vingt-huit de Montpellier, cette ville très pittoresque est connue pour son centre médiéval construit en « damier » le long du fleuve le Vidourle, dont les étroites rues sont enjambées de multiples arcades et porches, pour son château, aujourd'hui en ruine mais en cours de restauration, dont la haute tour accessible aux visiteurs, domine la cité et pour son célèbre pont romain si souvent malmené lors des redoutables vidourlades. La commune est en effet régulièrement assujettie aux inondations lors d'épisodes de pluies cévenoles, le record datant de septembre 2002."

Located at the extreme south of the Gard department, on the western outskirts of the Vaunage plain and on the outskirts of the Hérault department, in a very viticultural area, twenty-seven kilometers from Nîmes and twenty- Eight of Montpellier, this very picturesque town is known for its medieval center built in checkerboard along the river the Vidourle, whose narrow streets are spanned by multiple arcades and porches, for its castle, now in ruins but in progress Of which the high tower accessible to the visitors, dominates the city and for its famous Roman bridge so often maltreated during the redoubtable vidourlades, the municipality is indeed regularly subjected to the floods in episodes of rain Cevennes, the record dating from September 2002. "
Name: Mairie de Sommières

Address:
Quai Frédéric Gaussorgues
Sommières, France
30250


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