Souvignargues

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Souvignargues

(2020–2026) Catherine Lecerf^[1]Area

11.09 km² (4.28 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

908 • Density82/km² (210/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

30324 /30250

Elevation42–173 m (138–568 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Souvignargues (French pronunciation: [suviɲaʁɡ]; Occitan: Sauvinhargues) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	405	—
1968	406	+0.2%
1975	370	−8.9%
1982	460	+24.3%
1990	545	+18.5%
1999	589	+8.1%
2008	717	+21.7%

Sights

Remains of the feudal castle (13th-14th centuries)
Church of St. Stephen (Saint-Étienne d'Escattes), at Escattes, dating to the 12th century.
Ruined Romanesque church of St. Andrew (12th century)
Grotto of Bézal, inhabited from the mid-Palaeolithic Age

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.