🇫🇷 Nîmes is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. It is located between the Mediterranean Sea and Cévennes.
Dubbed the most Roman city outside Italy, Nîmes has a rich history dating back to the Roman Empire when the city was a regional capital. Several famous monuments are in Nîmes, such as the Arena of Nîmes and the Maison Carrée. Because of this, Nîmes is often referred to as the French Rome.
1Economy Nîmes is historically known for its textiles. Denim, the fabric of blue jeans, derives its name from this city (Serge de Nîmes). The blue dye was imported via Genoa from Lahore the capital of the Great Mughal.
1Culture From 1810 to 1822, Joseph Gergonne published a scientific journal specialising in mathematics from Nîmes called Annales de Gergonne.
The asteroid 51 Nemausa was named after Nîmes, where it was discovered in 1858. Two times per year, Nîmes hosts one of the main French bullfighting events, Feria de Nîmes (festival), and several hundreds of thousands gather in the streets.
In 2005 Rammstein filmed their #1 live Album Völkerball in Nîmes, and are returning in 2017. Metallica's live DVD Français Pour une Nuit (English: French for One Night) was recorded in Nîmes, France, in the Arena of Nîmes on 7 July 2009, during the World Magnetic Tour.
1Transportation Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport serves the city, although its proximity with the much bigger Montpellier Airport has worked against its frequentation over the years. It is currently only served by Ryanair with an average of 3 flights per day, to destination such as London, Fez, Dublin or Marrakech. The motorway A9 connects Nîmes with Orange, Montpellier, Narbonne, and Perpignan, the A54 with Arles and Salon-de-Provence.
Nîmes station is the central railway station, offering connections to Paris (high-speed rail), Marseille, Montpellier, Narbonne, Toulouse, Perpignan, Figueres and Barcelona in Spain and several regional destinations. There is another station in the Saint-Césaire quarter, Saint-Césaire station, with connections to Le Grau-du-Roi, Montpellier and Avignon.
The new contournement Nîmes – Montpellier high-speed rail line opened to passenger service on 15 December 2019 together with a new TGV station at Nîmes-Pont-du-Gard station, located 12km outside the city. The station is also located on the existing route between Nìmes and Avignon, thus providing connections between the new line and local rail service.
Nîmes bus station is adjacent to the city centre railway station. Buses connect the city with nearby towns and villages not served by rail.
1Nîmes has a population of over 259,348 people. Nîmes also forms the centre of the wider Nîmes Arrondissement which has a population of over 554,624 people. Nîmes is the #287 hipster city in the world, with a hipster score of 2.78 according to the Hipster Index which evaluates and ranks the major cities of the world according to the number of vegan eateries, coffee shops, tattoo studios, vintage boutiques, and record stores.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Nîmes has links with:
🇩🇪 Braunschweig, Germany 🇺🇸 Fort Worth, USA 🇩🇪 Frankfurt (Oder), Germany 🇫🇷 Marseille, France 🇲🇦 Meknes, Morocco 🇨🇿 Prague, Czech Republic 🏴 Preston, England 🇮🇱 Rishon LeZion, Israel 🇮🇹 Verona, Italy 🇨🇳 Wuxi, China🇨🇳 Jilin City 43.854
🇮🇹 Sesto Fiorentino 43.833
🇧🇦 Istočno Sarajevo 43.817
🇧🇪 Ixelles-Elsene 4.367
🇧🇪 Schaerbeek 4.368
🇧🇪 Schaarbeek 4.383
🇫🇷 Saint-Étienne 4.39
🇫🇷 Saint Étienne 4.396
🇫🇷 Châlons-en-Champagne 4.355
🇳🇱 Vlaardingen 4.35
🇧🇪 Saint-Gilles 4.35
🇳🇱 Spijkenisse 4.333
🇧🇪 Anderlecht 4.318
Locations Near: Nîmes 4.36031,43.8365
🇫🇷 Avignon 4.806,43.949 d: 37.8
🇫🇷 Montpellier 3.896,43.6 d: 45.7
🇫🇷 Ganges 3.709,43.935 d: 53.3
🇫🇷 Largentière 4.294,44.544 d: 78.8
🇫🇷 Carpentras 5.049,44.056 d: 60.3
🇫🇷 Aubenas 4.389,44.619 d: 87.1
🇫🇷 Montélimar 4.745,44.565 d: 86.6
Antipodal to: Nîmes -175.64,-43.837
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 17490.6
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16695.1
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16658.4
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16205.6
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12643.4
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12574.6
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12563.3
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 12557.5