Aigues-Vives, Gard

Commune in Occitanie, France

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Aigues-Vives

(2020–2026) Jacky Rey^[1]Area

12 km² (5 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,331 • Density280/km² (720/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

30004 /30670

Elevation10–87 m (33–285 ft)
(avg. 29 m or 95 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aigues-Vives (French pronunciation: [ɛɡ viv] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Aigas Vivas) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,506	—
1975	1,611	+0.97%
1982	1,908	+2.45%
1990	2,101	+1.21%
1999	2,331	+1.16%
2007	2,595	+1.35%
2012	3,105	+3.65%
2017	3,337	+1.45%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Education

The Groupe scolaire Jean Macé has maternelle (preschool/nursery) and primaire (primary) levels. It opened in 1913.^[4]

The collège (junior high school) serving the community is Collège de Gallargues-le-Montueux in Gallargues-le-Montueux. In addition to Aigues-Vives and Gallargues-le-Montueux, it also serves Aimargues. It opened in September 2014. As of 2017^[update] it has about 600 students.^[5]

Transport

The Aigues-Vives tramway was a 2 km (1.2 mi) long narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in), which operated from 1892 to 1901.^[6]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Ecoles et cantine Archived 2016-12-27 at the Wayback Machine." Aigues-Vives, Gard. Retrieved on July 15, 2017.
^ "Le collège" (Archive at Archive.is). Aimargues. Retrieved on 15 July 2017. "Le collège de Gallargues-le-Montueux ouvre ses portes en septembre 2014. Il accueille tous les collégiens d'Aimargues, d'Aigues-Vives et de Gallargues-le-Montueux."
^ FACS: Compagnie Nationale de Chemins de Fer à Voie Étroite.