Beauvoisin, Gard

French commune
nomcommune=Beauvoisin
The centre of the town
région=Languedoc-Roussillon
département=Gard
arrondissement=Nîmes
canton=Vauvert
insee=30033
cp=30640
maire=Bernard Chassang
mandat=2008–2014
intercomm=Petite-Camargue
longitude=4.324
latitude=43.71916
alt moy=69 m
alt mini=1
alt maxi=128 m
hectares=2782
km²=27.82
sans=3317
date-sans=2006
dens=112
date-dens=1999

Beauvoisin is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Beauvoisin is a small southern village with a post office, bar, newsagent, grocers, butchers and a couple of bakeries. It's quite famous for bull games in the city streets and the arenas. Unlike Spanish bull fighting, the game in Gard is to retrieve decorations that are attached to the bulls horns. The idea is to be quick and nimble and to demonstrate your bravery rather than to kill or gain a victory over a bull. Throughout the streets you will also see Empègue which appear annually in designs that reflect the local culture. [http://www.beauvoisin2008.fr/fr/beauvoisin-un-avenir-pour-tous-a-beauvoisin-franquevaux.php Beauvoisin 2008] , [http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.beauvoisin2008.fr/fr/beauvoisin-un-avenir-pour-tous-a-beauvoisin-franquevaux.php&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=3&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DEmp%25C3%25A8gue%26start%3D30%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dcom.google:en-US:official%26sa%3DN%26pwst%3D1 translation] , accessed 15 August 2008]

Population

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Historic buildings

The castle was an early building being constructed in 1067 for the Knights Templar. The other most notable building is the Temple which was built on the ruins of an old church. This building was completed in 1834.

References

ee also

* Costières de Nîmes AOC
* Communes of the Gard department