Vauvert

Vauvert
Commune
Vauvert town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Vauvert
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Coordinates: 43°41′39″N 4°16′37″E / 43.6942°N 4.2769°E / 43.6942; 4.2769
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Vauvert
Intercommunality	CC Petite-Camargue
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean Denat[1]
Area 1	109.86 km2 (42.42 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	11,774
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30341 /30600
Elevation	0–97 m (0–318 ft) (avg. 18 m or 59 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vauvert (French pronunciation: [vovɛʁ]; Occitan: Vauverd) is a commune in the far south of the Gard department in southern France. It was known as Posquières in the Middle Ages. The commune comprises the town of Vauvert and the villages of Gallician and Montcalm.^[3] Over a third of the population work in industry, which is largely the food industry, especially wine production.^[4] The original settlement was called Posquières and was first mentioned in a document of 810. Since then the town has increased in importance and has had a rich history. At its heyday in the mid-nineteenth century it had a population of 6,000 but this decreased by a third after disease struck the grape crop, the mainstay of the economy of the area. Today, the population has grown again to over 11,000.

Leimistin Broussan, opera manager, was born in Vauvert on 3 November 1858.