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Les Mages (French pronunciation: [le maʒ]; Occitan: Los Mages) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Les Mages
Commune
Location of Les Mages
Les Mages
Les Mages
Coordinates: 44°13′45″N 4°10′00″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentGard
ArrondissementAlès
CantonRousson
IntercommunalityAlès Agglomération
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Alain Giovinazzo
Area
1
12.69 km2 (4.90 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
2,044
  Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
30152 /30960
Elevation138–485 m (453–1,591 ft)
(avg. 186 m or 610 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography


The village of Les Mages lies between Alès and Saint-Ambroix on the CD 904 road, in the Cévennes coal basin, just below the National Forest of Rouvergue in the Cévennes National Park.

It is watered by the Cèze River in the north and the Auzonnet River [2] in the South. As such the town is a member of AB Ceze, the Syndicat Mixte d'Aménagement du Bassin Versant de la Ceze, responsible for the prevention and fight against floods as well as preserving the natural environment.[3]


History


The village was elevated from hamlet to commune (by separation from the nearby Saint-Jean-de-Valériscle village) by a royal ordinance of September 25, 1834, following the increase in population driven by the development of coal mining in the Cevennes basin. The town, Les Mages belongs to the Community of Communes called "Vivre en Cévennes", Living in the Cevennes.


Sights


Several mills whose buildings still bear witness to the sericulture past activity (silkworm farming).

The glass factory Barrière was founded in 1804 to manufacture green glass. After many difficulties, the factory closed its doors in 1850.[13]

On a hill, the "Tourette" dominates the village. It is a simple capitelle[14] limestone and mortar construction, but became the symbol of the village and a replica was built on the roundabout at the entrance of the commune.

The former railway station, on the spur of the small SNCF line from Alès to Bessèges, has been transformed into housing. It witnessed the passing-by of coal trains from Martinet, Saint-Florent-sur-Auzonnet and Saint-Jean-de-Valériscle, joining the main line to Saint Julien de Cassagne. This line was also used to transport the coils of raw silk to Lyon to be woven.


Population


Historical population
YearPop.±%
18361,040    
18411,121+7.8%
18461,114−0.6%
18511,247+11.9%
18561,240−0.6%
18611,203−3.0%
18661,255+4.3%
18721,140−9.2%
18761,155+1.3%
18811,009−12.6%
18861,089+7.9%
18911,105+1.5%
18961,135+2.7%
19011,101−3.0%
19061,097−0.4%
YearPop.±%
19111,139+3.8%
19211,076−5.5%
19261,144+6.3%
19311,147+0.3%
19361,028−10.4%
19461,051+2.2%
19541,125+7.0%
19621,150+2.2%
19681,145−0.4%
19751,127−1.6%
19821,275+13.1%
19901,497+17.4%
19991,511+0.9%
20081,799+19.1%

Personalities


The painter Georges Bauquier, assistant of Fernand Léger, creator of Fernand Léger Museum in Biot, comes from a Les Mages family. In the 1970s he organised in the local village school several exhibitions of high quality. At his request, Nadia Léger, the widow of Fernand Léger, has bequeathed to the town the Woman with a Bird mosaïc, one of Fernand Léger mosaic that adorns the front of the Les Mages Culture Complex.


George Bauquier Complex


In 2006 the Georges Bauquier complex was created,[15] including a theater and a video screening room. In 2008 the travel film festival[16] has been launched and successfully renewed[17] in 2009.


See also



References


  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. The Auzonnet is calm here at Les Mages
  3. website Cèze AB
  4. Base Mérimée: Filature de soie Bleton, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  5. Base Mérimée: Filature de soie Lacroix, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  6. Base Mérimée: Filature de soie Duclaux, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  7. Base Mérimée: Filature de soie Mazolier, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  8. Base Mérimée: Filature de soie Labeille, puis Villaret, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  9. Base Mérimée: Filature de soie Silhol, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  10. Base Mérimée: Filature de soie Martin, puis filature et moulin à huile Benoît, puis Rodier, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  11. Base Mérimée: Moulin à papier dit papeterie Gentil, puis filature et moulinerie de soie de l'Ayrolette, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  12. Base Mérimée: Moulin à huile, filature de soie Blachère, puis Védrines, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  13. Base Mérimée: Verrerie de Barrière, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  14. Capitelle Les Mages
  15. Bauquier Complex Program
  16. Festival Site
  17. Success confirmed by the Midi-Libre news reporter





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