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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). The department is geologically divided into four zones. These are 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. The climate is Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and autumns with intense rain and the cold and dreaded Mistral wind. Gard is divided into two wine regions, Languedoc and Rhône. The AOC areas:

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