Plains and Scrublands The ardent rays of the sun are reflected by the stones, and flood the crops. The dense garrigue, the heavy scent of thyme, wild thyme, rosemary and lavender drowse amid the deafening song of the cicadas.

	Vézénobres Built at the confluence of the Gardons of Alès and of Anduze, Vézénobres is an important crossroads in the Gard region... Find out more
	Sauve It was in the reign of the Bermond family that Sauve became prosperous. The population then was 10 000... Find out more
	Anduze This doorway to the Cévennes owing to its location at the entrance to a narrow valley of the Gardon... Find out more
	Down roads of silk From the 16th to the 19th centuries, our region was the cradle of a silk industry whose fame went far beyond our borders... Find out more