Nîmes

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Nîmes
Coat of airms o Nîmes
Coat airms
Nîmes is located in Fraunce
Nîmes
Nîmes
Location within Occitanie region
Nîmes is located in Occitanie
Nîmes
Nîmes
Coordinates: 43°50′17″N 4°21′40″E / 43.838°N 4.361°E / 43.838; 4.361Coordinates: 43°50′17″N 4°21′40″E / 43.838°N 4.361°E / 43.838; 4.361
KintraFraunce
RegionOccitanie
DepairtmentGard
ArrondissementNîmes
IntercommunalityNîmes Métropole
Govrenment
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Jean-Paul Fournier
Area
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161.85 km2 (62.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)2
146,709
 • Density910/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
30189 /30000 an 30900
Elevation21–215 m (69–705 ft)
(avg. 39 m or 128 ft)
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

Nîmes (/nm/; French: [nim]; Provençal Occitan: Nimes) is a ceety in the Languedoc-Roussillon region o soothren Fraunce.

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Nîmes is twinned wi:

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 Julie 2013.
  2. "Braunschweigs Partner und Freundschaftsstädte". Stadt Braunschweig [City of Braunschweig] (in German). Archived frae the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2013. Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (help) Archived 2012-12-01 at the Wayback Machine