Allègre-les-Fumades

Allègre-les-Fumades
Commune
The church in Allègre-les-Fumades
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 44°12′01″N 4°14′47″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Alès
Canton	Rousson
Intercommunality	Cèze Cévennes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Geneviève Coste
Area 1	24.59 km2 (9.49 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30008 /30500
Elevation	115–381 m (377–1,250 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Allègre-les-Fumades (French pronunciation: ​[alɛɡʁ le fymad]; Occitan: Alègre) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 970 —     1800 767 −20.9% 1806 786 +2.5% 1821 863 +9.8% 1831 1,020 +18.2% 1836 1,029 +0.9% 1841 1,090 +5.9% 1846 1,133 +3.9% 1851 1,273 +12.4% 1856 1,272 −0.1% 1861 1,247 −2.0% 1866 1,250 +0.2% 1872 1,151 −7.9% 1876 1,093 −5.0% 1881 967 −11.5% 1886 1,007 +4.1% 1891 1,012 +0.5% 1896 991 −2.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 917 −7.5% 1906 917 +0.0% 1911 932 +1.6% 1921 788 −15.5% 1926 774 −1.8% 1931 721 −6.8% 1936 634 −12.1% 1946 572 −9.8% 1954 591 +3.3% 1962 588 −0.5% 1968 563 −4.3% 1975 577 +2.5% 1982 581 +0.7% 1990 623 +7.2% 1999 614 −1.4% 2008 756 +23.1% 2014 853 +12.8%

Sights and monuments

• Château d'Allègre: ruined castle, protected since 1997 as a monument historique.

Notable people linked to the commune

• Daniel Féret (born 1944), politician (founder of Front national in Belgium) and doctor, works at the thermal springs centre in Fumades.

See also

• Communes of the Gard department