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Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də valɡalɡ]; Occitan: Sent Martin de Valgalga) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Alès Agglomération is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Alès. It is located in the Gard department, in the Occitanie region, southern France. It was created in January 2013 by the merger of the former Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Alès with 3 former communautés de communes and 5 other communes. It was further expanded with 3 other communautés de communes in January 2017. Its seat is in Alès. Its population was 129,157 in 2017, of which 40,219 in Alès proper.

Saint-Jean-du-Pin (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ dy pɛ̃]; Occitan: Sent Joan del Pin) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Alès (French: [alɛs] ) is a commune and subprefecture in the Gard department in the Occitania region in Southern France. Until 1926, it was officially known as Alais.

Gard (French pronunciation: [ɡaʁ] ) is a department in Southern France, located in the region of Occitanie. It had a population of 748,437 as of 2019; its prefecture is Nîmes. The department is named after the river Gardon. In recent decades of the 21st century, local administration and French speakers have returned to the original Occitan name of the river, Gard (Occitan pronunciation: [gaɾ]). It is part of a revival of Occitan culture.

This is not the diocese of Ales-Terralba in Italy, nor the Ancient Diocese of Alet in south-west FranceThe former French Catholic diocese of Alais (now written Alès, and in Latin: Alesiensis) was created in 1694, out of territory previously part of the diocese of Nîmes. It was suppressed after the French Revolution, with its territory being divided between the diocese of Avignon and the diocese of Mende. Its seat was Alès Cathedral.

Alès Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste d'Alès) is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint John the Baptist and located in the town of Alès in the department of Gard, France. It has been a monument historique since 9 May 1914.Alès was formerly a centre of the Huguenots and was taken only after a long siege by Louis XIII in 1627. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Alès was established here in 1694, at which time the construction of the cathedral began, but was not restored after the French Revolution: by the Concordat of 1801 its parishes were divided between the dioceses of Avignon and Mende. Alès and its cathedral lie near the start of The Regordane Way, or St. Gilles Trail, an ancient road and medieval pilgrimage route.

The canton of Alès-3 is an administrative division of the Gard department, southern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Alès.It consists of the following communes:

Alès station is a railway station serving the town Alès, Gard department, southern France. It lies on the railway line from Clermont-Ferrand to Nîmes. The station is served by regional trains to Clermont-Ferrand, Mende and Nîmes.

L'École des Mines d'Alès (EMA) was created in 1843 by King Louis Philippe, under the guardianship of the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Employment, is a French technology and engineering university. From 2012, its full name changed into Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines d'Alès. Founded in 1843, this school was originally formed for study of the mining industry. It is now an engineering school in France Grandes écoles and of the Groupe des écoles des mines.There are three year engineering degree and master's degree programs.

The canton of Alès-2 is an administrative division of the Gard department, southern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Alès.It consists of the following communes:

The siege of Alès was undertaken by Louis XIII of France, and the city captured on 17 June 1629.