Mialet, Gard
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The Pont des Camisards in Mialet
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Location within Occitanie region
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| Coordinates: 44°06′42″N 3°56′37″E / 44.1117°N 3.9436°ECoordinates: 44°06′42″N 3°56′37″E / 44.1117°N 3.9436°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Occitanie | |
| Department | Gard | |
| Arrondissement | Alès | |
| Canton | La Grand-Combe | |
| Intercommunality | Grand Alès | |
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| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Gilbert Rouanet | |
| Area1 | 30.76 km2 (11.88 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 563 | |
| • Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30168 /30140 | |
| Elevation | 140–691 m (459–2,267 ft) (avg. 165 m or 541 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Mialet is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
It lies close to Alès and Saint-Jean-du-Gard.
The commune includes the hamlet of Mas Soubeyran, centre of the Protestant resistance during the 16th century.
Rolland, or Rolland Laporte, from his real name Pierre Laporte, born 3 January 1680, died 14 April 1704, was a Camisard chief in the Cévennes, nicknamed «le Général des enfants de Dieu» (general of the children of God). His birth house is now the Musée du Désert.
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