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GARCIA GUTIERREZ-See also:

GARDA, See also:LAKE OF Sommieres it forms the western boundary of the See also:department. The See also:Herault has its source and See also:part of its course in the See also:west of See also:Gard. The See also:Canal de See also:Beaucaire extends from the See also:Rhone at Beaucaire to Aigues-Mortes, which communicates with the Mediterranean at Grau-du-Roi by means of the See also:Grand-Roubine canal. The See also:climate is warm in the See also:south-See also:east, colder in the See also:north-west; it is rather changeable, and See also:rain-storms are See also:common. The See also:cold and violent north-west See also:wind known as the See also:mistral is its worst See also:drawback. See also:Les Fumades (near Allegre) and Euzet have See also:mineral springs. The See also:chief See also:grain crops are See also:wheat and oats. See also:Rye, See also:barley and potatoes are also grown. Gard is famed for its See also:cattle, its breed of small horses, and its See also:sheep, the See also:wool of which is of a very See also:fine quality. In the rearing of See also:silk-See also:worms it ranks first among See also:French departments. The See also:principal See also:fruit trees are the See also:olive, mulberry and See also:chestnut. The See also:vine is extensively cultivated and yields excellent red and See also:white wines.

The department is See also:

rich in minerals, and the mines of See also:coal, See also:iron, See also:lignite, See also:asphalt, See also:zinc, See also:lead and See also:copper, which are for the most part situated in the neighbourhoods of See also:Alais and La Grand'-See also:Combe, constitute one of the chief See also:sources of its See also:wealth. See also:Great quantities of See also:salt are obtained from the salt marshes along the See also:coast. The quarries of See also:building and other See also:stone employ a considerable number of See also:work-men. The See also:fisheries are productive. The manufactures are extensive, and include those of silk, of which Alais is the chief centre, See also:cotton and woollen fabrics, See also:hosiery, ironware, hats (Anduze), See also:liquorice, gloves, See also:paper, See also:leather, earthenware and See also:glass. There are also breweries and distilleries, and important metallurgical See also:works, the chief of which are those of Besseges. The exports of Gard include coal, lignite, See also:coke, asphalt, building-stone, iron, See also:steel, silk, hosiery, See also:wine, See also:olives, grapes and truffles. The department is served by the See also:Paris-See also:Lyon railway. It is divided into the arrondissements of See also:Nimes, Alais, See also:Uzes and Le See also:Vigan, with 40 cantons and 351 communes. The chief See also:town is Nimes, which is the seat of a bishopric of the See also:province of See also:Avignon and of a See also:court of See also:appeal. Gard belongs to the 15th military region, which has its headquarters at See also:Marseilles, and to the academie (educational See also:division) of See also:Montpellier. Nimes, Alais, Uzes, Aigues-Mortes, Beaucaire,See also:Saint-Gilles, Besseges,La Grand'-Combe and See also:Villeneuve-les-Avignon are the principal places.

Opposite the manufacturing town of See also:

Pont-St-Esprit the Rhone is crossed by a fine See also:medieval See also:bridge more than r000 yds. See also:long built by the Pontiff brethren. Le Vigan, an See also:ancient town with several old houses, carries on silk-See also:spinning.

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