Battle of Billot tower

Bagard (French pronunciation: [baɡaʁ]; Occitan: Bagarn) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Saint-Christol-lès-Alès (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ kʁistɔl lez‿alɛs], literally Saint-Christol near Alès; Occitan: Sent Cristòu d'Alès) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Boisset-et-Gaujac (French pronunciation: [bwasɛ e ɡoʒak]; Occitan: Boisset e Gaujac) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

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.

The battle of Cauvi's farm occurred on December 24, 1702, during the War of the Camisards when Huguenot leader Jean Cavalier routed Alès' governor at Saint-Christol-lez-Alès.

The canton of Alès-1 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:

Ribaute-les-Tavernes (French pronunciation: [ʁibot le tavɛʁn]; Occitan: Ribauta e las Tavèrnas) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

The Parc botanique de la Tour Vieille is a municipal park with botanical collections, located at the Hôtel de Ville in Alès, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. It is open daily without charge. The park was created by an amateur landscaper, but abandoned for some years before its acquisition by the city in 1973. The city then rehabilitated its grounds, as well as its greenhouse and eponymous old tower, and in 1981 opened it to the public. In 1990 its first botanical inventory identified 200 species and varieties of plants; there are now over 700. The park also contains a miniature golf facility.

Alais or Allais is the first carbonaceous chondrite meteorite identified. It fell near Alès in 1806 in multiple fragments which together weighed 6 kg (13 lb 4 oz), although only 0.26 kg (9.2 oz) remains. The meteorite contains a number of elements in similar proportions to the Solar System in its primordial state. It also contains organic compounds and water. It has proved to be one of the most important meteorites discovered in France.

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

Cardet (French pronunciation: [kaʁdɛ]; Occitan: Cardet) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

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.