Vergèze

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Vergèze

(2020–2026) Pascale Fortunat-Deschamps^[1]Area

10.16 km² (3.92 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,621 • Density550/km² (1,400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

30344 /30310

Elevation10–75 m (33–246 ft)
(avg. 30 m or 98 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vergèze (French pronunciation: [vɛʁʒɛz]; Occitan: Vergesa) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Vergèze-Codognan station has rail connections to Nîmes, Avignon and Montpellier.

Located just south-east of the commune is the production facility for Perrier, a carbonated mineral water widely sold both in France and internationally.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,061	—
1975	2,258	+1.31%
1982	2,554	+1.78%
1990	3,135	+2.60%
1999	3,643	+1.68%
2007	3,958	+1.04%
2012	4,875	+4.26%
2017	5,188	+1.25%
Source: INSEE^[3]

International relations

Vergèze is twinned with Bârlad, Romania.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE