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Bagnols-sur-Cèze is a commune
Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative divisions in the France. The French word commune appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin Medieval commune, meaning a small gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common....
 in the Gard
Gard

Gard is a departments of France located in Southern France France in the Languedoc-Roussillon Regions of France. It is named after the river Gardon ....
 department in the Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 26 Regions of France of France. It comprises five departments of France, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur, Rh?ne-Alpes, Auvergne , Midi-Pyr?n?es on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side....
 région
Régions of France

France is divided into 26 regions or r?gions , of which 21 are in continental metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, and four lie overseas....
 in southern France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

all regional center, Bagnols-sur-Cèze was quite certainly a Roman town (the name of the town comes from the Latin balnearius meaning baths) before the main part was built in the 13th century around a central arcaded square that is still preserved today. At the same period, the regional market was installed here, undoubtedly contributing to its expansion.

Bagnols-sur-Ceze expanded steadily after the Marcoule nuclear center was created in 1956 : the population grew from 5650 (1954 census) up to 18103 in 1999.

old center of Bagnols-sur-Cèze retains its historic feel, with small streets and largely preservered architecture.






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Bagnols-sur-Cèze is a commune
Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative divisions in the France. The French word commune appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin Medieval commune, meaning a small gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common....
 in the Gard
Gard

Gard is a departments of France located in Southern France France in the Languedoc-Roussillon Regions of France. It is named after the river Gardon ....
 department in the Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 26 Regions of France of France. It comprises five departments of France, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur, Rh?ne-Alpes, Auvergne , Midi-Pyr?n?es on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side....
 région
Régions of France

France is divided into 26 regions or r?gions , of which 21 are in continental metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, and four lie overseas....
 in southern France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

History

A small regional center, Bagnols-sur-Cèze was quite certainly a Roman town (the name of the town comes from the Latin balnearius meaning baths) before the main part was built in the 13th century around a central arcaded square that is still preserved today. At the same period, the regional market was installed here, undoubtedly contributing to its expansion.

Bagnols-sur-Ceze expanded steadily after the Marcoule nuclear center was created in 1956 : the population grew from 5650 (1954 census) up to 18103 in 1999.

Sights

The old center of Bagnols-sur-Cèze retains its historic feel, with small streets and largely preservered architecture. Several facades are remarkable. The towns contains a notable museum
Museum

A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment, for the purposes of education, study, and entertainment", as defined by the International Coun...
 of contemporary art
Contemporary art

Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced since World War II....
, the Musée Albert-André, founded in 1868 as well as an archaeological museum with a collection of artifacts found mainly in nearby Roman sites.

Twin towns

It is twinned with the town of Newbury
Newbury, Berkshire

Newbury is a civil parish and the principal town in the west of the county of Berkshire in England. It is situated on the River Kennet and the Kennet and Avon Canal, and has a town centre containing many 17th century buildings....
 in the United Kingdom.

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