Nîmes
city and prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France
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Summary
Nîmes is a commune of France[1]. Nîmes ranks in the top 0.27% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,938 views/month, #83 of 31,031).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Nîmes[3], canton of La Vistrenque[4], canton of Nîmes-5[5], canton of Nîmes-6[6], Communauté d’agglomération Nîmes Métropole[7], Gard[8]
- Country: France[9]
- Head of government: Jean-Paul Fournier[10]
- Instance of: big city[11]
- Shares border with: Bouillargues[12], Caissargues[13], La Calmette[14], Caveirac[15], Dions[16], Gajan[17], Générac[18], Marguerittes[19], Milhaud[20], Parignargues[21], Poulx[22], La Rouvière[23], Sainte-Anastasie[24], Saint-Gilles[25]
- Twinned administrative body: Brunswick[26], Frankfurt (Oder)[27], Prague[28], Preston[29], Verona[30], Salamanca[31], Rishon LeZion[32], Meknes[33], Fresno[34], Plasencia[35], Córdoba[36], Fort Worth[37]
- Postal code: 30000[38], 30900[39]
- Commons category: Nîmes[40]
- Local dialing code: 466[41]
- Archives at: municipal archive of Nîmes[42]
- Coordinate location: 43.83833333333333, 4.3597222222222225[43]
- Official website: https://www.nimes.fr/[44]
- Topic's main category: Category:Nîmes[45]
- Commons gallery: Nîmes[46]
- Population: 150,564[47], 133,400[48], 151,075[49], 150,672[50], 154,196[51], 150,610[52], 149,633[53], 123,292[54], 127,933[55], 124,220[56], 128,471[57], 133,424[58], 144,092[59], 144,940[60]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Nîmes include denim[61]; Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport[62], an airport[63], in France[64], founded in 1931[65]; and 51 Nemausa[66], an asteroid[67].
Why It Matters
Nîmes has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] Nîmes is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]
Entities named for Nîmes include denim[61]; Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport[62], an airport[63], in France[64], founded in 1931[65]; and 51 Nemausa[66], an asteroid[67].