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|image = Mairie aimarguesd'Aimargues.JPGjpg

|term = 2014–20202020–2026

|intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes de Petite-Camargue|CC Petite- Camargue]]

|population = 5325{{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = 2014{{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

'''Aimargues''' ({{IPA|fr|ɛmaʁɡ}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Gard]] [[Departments of France|department]] in southern [[France]]. The town of Aimargues may have Roman origins and is situated beside the Vidourleriver River[[Vidourle]] on the [[floodplain]] of the River [[Rhône]]. Traditionally it has been an agricultural and wine-producing community but it now also has a number of new industries and employers who benefit from excellent road connections to the north of France as well as to Spain and Italy.

Located some {{convert|26|km|abbr=on}} to the southwest of [[Nîmes]], close to the border with the [[Hérault]] department, Aimargues can be easily accessed from the nearby [[Autoroute A9]].<ref name=tour/> [[Aimargues alsostation]] has arail railwayconnections stationto onNîmes theand line from [[Saint-Césaire]] to [[Le Grau-du-Roi]].<ref>[httphttps://wwwmmt.ter-sncfvsct.comfr/Regionsites/languedoc_roussillondefault/garefiles/Aimarguesswt/COCT/2021-11/Oc21-Gard-05-03_0.aspxpdf "GaredeCarte Aimargues"du réseau Gard], SNCFTER Occitanie. {{frin iconlang|fr}} Retrieved 726 OctoberApril 20132022.</ref>

The [[Petite Camargue]] is an area of wetlands on the west side of the [[River delta|delta]] of the [[Rhône River]] in southern France. Aimargues is a small town in the Petite Camargue beside the [[Vidourle|River Vidourle]] which rises in the [[Cévennes|Cévennes Mountains]] to the northwest. Some 6,000 years BC much of the interior of the Petite Carmargue was occupied by a lagoon, ''l’étang de l’or'', which was separated from the sea by a sandy bar. Since then the lake has become progressively silted up. The countryside around Aimargues is flat and the soil is rich, being accumulated sediment brought down the River Rhône and deposited in its delta and surrounding area during flooding. As well as agricultural land there are levees, creeks, marshes, brackish ponds, lagoons and dunes in the area.<ref name=archeology>{{cite web |url=http://www.archeologiepetitecamargue.culture.fr/pages/aimargues.htm |title=Aimargues: Bref historique et présentation du patrimoine architectural |work=Archéologie en Petite Carmargue |language=Frenchfr |accessdateaccess-date=2013-10-07}}</ref>

The suffix "argues" suggests that the town of Aimargues has been in existence since antiquity. It was probably named after the Roman military commander [[Armatus|Flavius Armatus]].<ref name=Voila>{{cite web |url=http://tricknuckdack.forumgratuit.org/t147-histoire-d-aimargues |title=Histoire d'Aimargues |language=fr |work=Voilà tout! |access-date=2013-10-07}}</ref> It is unclear when exactly Aimargues castle was built but it was in existence before 1185.<ref name=archeology/> [[King Louis IX]] is said to have set out for the [[Crusades]] from the town.<ref name=Voila/> In the 13th century, a census showed that the town had become a bustling community with 522 homes, indicating a population of over 2,000 people. In 1565, the area came under the rule of the house of Crussol and Viscount d'Uzès made it one of the main strongholds of the Lower Vistrenque. [[Louis XIII of France|Louis XIII]] ordered the destruction of the city walls.<ref name=Voila/> In the early 18th century, Jean Charles de Crussol included Baron d'Aymargues among his titles.<ref>{{cite webcitation needed|lastdate=TheroffJune |first=Paul |url=http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/crussol.html |title=Crussol d'Uzès |work=Online Gotha |accessdate=2013-10-072020}}</ref> After the French Revolution the town was no longer controlled by the Uzès and in 1790, with the establishment of the [[Departments of France|department]] of [[Gard]], it became the capital of the Canton Aimargues, now the Canton Rhôny-Vidourle, in the district of [[Nîmes]].<ref name=Voila>{{cite web |url=http://tricknuckdack.forumgratuit.org/t147-histoire-d-aimargues |title=Histoire d'Aimargues |language=French |work=Voilà tout! |accessdate=2013-10-07}}</ref>

The Commune of Aimargues has several buildings of historic interest:<ref name=tour>[http://www.aimargues.fr/page000100f8.html "Tourisme"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002071404/http://www.aimargues.fr/page000100f8.html |date=2013-10-02 }}, Aimargues.fr. {{frin iconlang|fr}} Retrieved 7 October 2013.</ref>

* The [[Château de Teillan]] located 2&nbsp;km to the south of the village is an old Roman castrum originally called "Villa Telliamis". It subsequently belonged to [[Psalmody Abbey]] before it was acquired by the Bornier family. Today's building dates from the second half of the 16th century with some 17th-century additions. It became a listed historic monument in 1992.<ref>[http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_1=REF&VALUE_1={{Base Mérimée|PA00102946 |"Château de Teillan: Languedoc-Roussillon; Gard; Aimargues"], Monuments historiques: base Merimee. {{fr icon}} Retrieved 7 October 2013.</ref>

The village also has schools, nurseries, a library, a youth centre and an adult leisure centre.<ref>[http://www.aimargues.fr/page000100fa.html "Enseignement et culture"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911024355/http://www.aimargues.fr/page000100fa.html |date=2013-09-11 }}, Aimargues.fr. {{frin iconlang|fr}} Retrieved 7 October 2013.</ref> There is a bullfighting arena where the "course camarguaise" takes place. In the traditional fights held here, the bull is not killed but an unarmed ''raseteur'' attempts to snatch a rosette from between its horns.<ref>{{cite web |last=Aliaga |first=Martine |date=13 July 2013 |url=http://coursecamarguaise.midiblogs.com/manifestations/ |title=Les cent taureaux |work=Bouvine en ligne |language=Frenchfr |accessdateaccess-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702044012/http://coursecamarguaise.midiblogs.com/manifestations/ |archive-date=2 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

While agriculture and wine production are still important contributors to the local economy, more recent players such as [[Royal Canin]], the dog and cat food producer, Itesoft, a software company, and the underwear company Éminence are also important employers, benefitting from easy access to the motorway with connections to Italy and Spain as well as to the north of France.<ref>[http://www.petitecamargue.fr/territoire/aimargues "Aimargues"], PetiteCamargue.fr. {{frin iconlang|fr}} Retrieved 7 October 2013.</ref>

** Jean-Baptiste Lancry de La Loyelle, first mayor elected (moderate, January–October 1790) ;

** Charles Carbonnier (moderate, November 1790-November 1791) ;

** Marc-Antoine Boissier (moderate, November 1791-December 1792) ;

** Pierre Boissière ''senior'' (moderate, December 1792-October 1793<ref>Dismissed by the govt.</ref>) ;

** Pierre Fontanès ([[Jacobin (politics)|jacobin]], October 1793-May 1795) ;

** Guillaume Carbonnier ''junior (moderate, May 1795-1800) ;

** Antoine Prouzet ''junior'' (moderate, May 1800-September 1805<ref name="Give his demission">Give his demission.</ref>) ;

** Pierre Paulet (1805-18081805–1808) ;

** Antoine Prouzet ''junior'' (moderate, 1808-January 1813) ;

** Étienne de Bonafoux ([[ultraroyalist]], January 1813-April 1815) ;

* Guillaume Carbonnier-Bousquet (moderate, April–July 1815) ;

* Under the [[Bourbon Restoration in France|Bourbon Restoration]] :

** Jean-Baptiste Roussellier (liberal, March 1819-January 1824) ;

** Louis-Auguste de Galhaut (royalist, January 1924-October 1830<ref name="Give his demission"/>) ;

** Étienne de Besson (moderate royalist, October 1830-January 1831<ref name="Give his demission"/>) ;

** Jean-Pierre Prouzet (orleanist, January 1831-December 1832<ref name="Give his demission"/>) ;

** Guillaume Carbonnier-Bousquet (liberal, January 1833-March 1837<ref name="Give his demission"/>) ;

** Pierre Gautier (royalist, July–October 1837<ref name="ReferenceA">Deceased during his term of office.</ref>) ;

** Léonce Allut (orleanist, June 1838<ref>Temporary mayor, then confirmed in September 1838.</ref>-February 1848<ref name="ReferenceA"/>) ;

** Maurice de Cray (royalist, March 1848-?) ;

** Léon Fontanieu (socialist, March 1905-October 1907) ;

** Louis Barbusse (socialist, December 1907-May 1908) ;

**Jean Joujou ([[anarcho-syndicalist]], May 1908-October 1910<ref>Revocated by the Minister of Interior [[Aristide Briand]].</ref>) ;

** ''Barbier'', leader of the municipal commission ([[independent politician]], November 1910-January 1911) ;

** Louis Pioch (socialist, 1911-?) ;

** Augustin Pourreau (royalist, until 1919) ;

** Pierre Jalabert (1919) ;

** Augustin Pourreau ([[Action Française]], v. 1920-1944) ;

*** ''Jean Jourdan'' ([[Anarchist]], 1944) ;

*** René Bernard (1944) ;

*** Louis Guiraud ([[independent politician]], 1944) ;

** Roger de Lestrade, temporary mayor (1945) ;

** Joseph Chatellier ([[Parti Communiste Français|PCF]], 1945-19631945–1963) ;

** Albert Fontanieu (SFIO, 1963–1977) ;

** René Dupont ([[Parti Communiste Français|PCF]], 1977–1989) ;

** Jean Bruchet ([[Socialist Party (France)|Parti Socialiste]], 1989-20081989–2008) ;

The commune's football team is the Stade Olympique of Aimargues (SOA). In the beginning of may a famous international tournament take place every year.

There are in Aimargues two stadiums : Baptistin Guigue's Stadium and René Dupont's Stadium (former Bella Vista's Stadium); to equestrialequestrian centres; and the [[Arena of Aimargues|arena Léopold Dupont]].

Aimargues is also covered by the daily newspaper ''[[Midi Libre]]'', by the local television TV SUD Camargue Cévennes<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tvsud.fr/nous-recevoir-2/ |title=Zone de diffusion de la télévision locale TV Sud |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701130556/http://www.tvsud.fr/nous-recevoir-2/ |archivedatearchive-date=2013-07-01 }}</ref> et by [[France 3 Sud]]'s programs.

|url = http://nimes.catholique.fr/partenaire/district/v_di_ca.php?ID=27

|title = Plaine maritime - District paroissial de Vauvert

|work = [[diocese of Nîmes]]'s website

|accessdateaccess-date= 18 February 2012

The ''collège'' (junior high school) serving the community is Collège de Gallargues-le-Montueux, located in [[Gallargues-le-Montueux]]. In addition to Aimargues and Gallargues-le-Montueux, it also serves [[Aigues-Vives, Gard|Aigues-Vives]]. It opened in September 2014. {{AsofAs of|2017}} it has about 600 students.<ref>"[http://www.aimargues.fr/Je-vis-a-Aimargues/Jeunesse/Le-college Le collège]" ([httphttps://archive.istoday/yq1lz20170705071119/http://www.aimargues.fr/Je-vis-a-Aimargues/Jeunesse/Le-college Archive] at [[Archive.is]]). Aimargues. Retrieved on 15 July 2017. "Le collège de Gallargues-le-Montueux ouvre ses portes en septembre 2014. Il accueille tous les collégiens d'Aimargues, d'Aigues-Vives et de Gallargues-le-Montueux."</ref>

* François Joseph Pamphile de Lacroix (1774-18411774–1841), general.

* [[Michel Stahl]], [[compagnon de la Libération]], pasteurpastor of the Reformed Church.

* {{webarchive|url=httphttps://waybackweb.archive.org/*/http://www.aimargues.fr/|title=Aimargues}}