| Gard (French pronunciation: [ɡaʁ] (listen)) is a department in Southern France, located in the region of Occitanie. It had a population of 742,006 as of 2016; its prefecture is Nîmes. The department is named after the Gardon River; the Occitan name of the river, Gard (Occitan pronunciation: [gaɾ]), has been replacing the French name in recent decades, both administratively and among French speakers. |
