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Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie

Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie
Commune
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie
Coat of arms
Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie is located in France
Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie
Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie
Coordinates: 44°02′46″N 4°26′31″E / 44.046°N 4.442°E / 44.046; 4.442Coordinates: 44°02′46″N 4°26′31″E / 44.046°N 4.442°E / 44.046; 4.442
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Gard
Arrondissement Nîmes
Canton Uzès
Intercommunality Uzège
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Yvon Bonzi
Area1 24.06 km2 (9.29 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 2,914
 • Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 30295 /30700
Elevation 82–272 m (269–892 ft)
(avg. 115 m or 377 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.

Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

The suffix Poterie (English: pottery) was added to the town's name in 1886 following a decree signed by Jules Grévy, then President of the French Republic.

Joseph Monier, the inventor of reinforced concrete used in construction, was born in the village in 1823. The town's marketplace has a reinforced concrete covering.


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