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Valleraugue

Part of Val-d'Aigoual in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Valleraugue

44°04′54″N 3°38′33″E / 44.0817°N 3.6425°E / 44.0817; 3.6425CountryFranceRegionOccitaniaDepartmentGardArrondissementLe ViganCantonLe ViganCommuneVal-d'Aigoual Area

78.35 km² (30.25 sq mi)Population

(2016)^[1]

1,061 • Density14/km² (35/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

30570

Elevation294–1,567 m (965–5,141 ft)
(avg. 367 m or 1,204 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Valleraugue (French pronunciation: [valʁoɡ]; Occitan: Valarauga) is a former commune in the Gard department in southern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-d'Aigoual.^[2]

Geography

Valleraugue is located in a deep valley of the Cévennes mountains, on the river Hérault.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	3,264	—
1851	4,190	+28.4%
1891	2,799	−33.2%
1946	1,401	−49.9%
1962	987	−29.6%
1968	1,017	+3.0%
1975	1,028	+1.1%
1982	1,041	+1.3%
1990	1,091	+4.8%
1999	1,009	−7.5%
2008	1,073	+6.3%

Sights

Picturesque medieval town, 26 bridges, most of them several centuries old.

Weather station

The Mont Aigoual weather station is located on the territory of the commune.

Personalities

Valleraugue was the birthplace of:

Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau (1810–1892), naturalist was born at Berthézène, which is part of Valleraugue
Francois Perrier (1835–1888), Brigadier-general and commander of the Légion d'honneur