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Département in the south of France on the Mediterranean coast with the capital Nîmes in the political region of Occitania. It was named after the river Gard, a tributary of the Rhône, and lies between the departments of Hérault (to the west) and Vaucluse (to the east). Geologically, it is divided into four zones: the Cévennes in the north-west, the scrublands in the centre, the Costières in the south-east and the lowlands in the south, consisting of the Rhône valley and the Mediterranean coastal plain. Gard is divided into the Languedoc and Rhône regions under wine law.

Weinberge bei Tresques im Bezirk Nîmes

Climate & Soil

There is a distinctly Mediterranean climate with hot, dry summers, autumns with intense rainfall and mostly mild and relatively short winters. It is characterised by the Mistral and Marin winds, which bring cooling and dryness on the one hand, but can also transport precipitation from the sea on the other.

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