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Code: 30
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Traditional provinces: Languedoc
Bordering departments:
Ardèche,
Aveyron,
Bouches-du-Rhône,
Hérault,
Lozère,
Vaucluse
Area: 5,853 km2
Population (1995): 607,100 inhabitants
Préfecture: Nîmes
Sous-préfectures: Alès, Le Vigan
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 45 cantons, 353 communes.
The department is named after the river Gard (also called Gardon (71 km), tributary of the Rhône.