Générac, Gard

Commune in Occitania, France

(2020–2026) Frédéric Touzellier^[1]Area24.26 km² (9.37 sq mi)Population4,025 • Density170/km² (430/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation29–144 m (95–472 ft)
(avg. 82 m or 269 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Générac (French pronunciation: [ʒeneʁak]; Occitan: Generac) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Générac station has rail connections to Nîmes and Le Grau-du-Roi. Tenor Eustase Thomas-Salignac (1867–1943) was born in Générac.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,100 —     1800 1,183 +1.04% 1806 1,416 +3.04% 1821 1,740 +1.38% 1831 1,883 +0.79% 1836 1,904 +0.22% 1841 1,988 +0.87% 1846 1,930 −0.59% 1851 1,940 +0.10% 1856 2,084 +1.44% 1861 2,159 +0.71% 1866 2,287 +1.16% 1872 2,260 −0.20% 1876 2,207 −0.59% 1881 1,814 −3.85% 1886 1,848 +0.37% 1891 1,983 +1.42% 1896 1,945 −0.39%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,080 +1.35% 1906 2,112 +0.31% 1911 2,034 −0.75% 1921 1,886 −0.75% 1926 1,785 −1.09% 1931 2,030 +2.61% 1936 1,855 −1.79% 1946 1,630 −1.28% 1954 1,667 +0.28% 1962 1,650 −0.13% 1968 1,682 +0.32% 1975 1,764 +0.68% 1982 2,113 +2.61% 1990 2,925 +4.15% 1999 3,223 +1.08% 2007 3,717 +1.80% 2012 4,012 +1.54% 2017 4,118 +0.52%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Gard department
• Costières de Nîmes AOC

References