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Montdardier

Montdardier
Commune
Montdardier and the Tude forest
Montdardier and the Tude forest
Coat of arms of Montdardier
Coat of arms
Montdardier is located in France
Montdardier
Montdardier
Coordinates: 43°55′42″N 3°35′33″E / 43.9283°N 3.5925°E / 43.9283; 3.5925Coordinates: 43°55′42″N 3°35′33″E / 43.9283°N 3.5925°E / 43.9283; 3.5925
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Gard
Arrondissement Le Vigan
Canton Le Vigan
Intercommunality Pays viganais
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Daniel Carrière
Area1 35.25 km2 (13.61 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 193
 • Density 5.5/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 30176 /30120
Elevation 259–889 m (850–2,917 ft)

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.

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Several quarries above Montdardier were formerly important sources of lithographic limestone. Stone from these quarries, marketed as Vigan stone, earned an honorable mention in the Great Exhibition of 1851.


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