Gallician

For the European language, see Galician language.
Murals from outside the school.

Gallician is a village in the commune of Vauvert in the département of Gard, in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon, southern France. It has a population of about 1,000 people. It is located 6 km south of Vauvert, on the Canal du Rhône à Sète, which links the river Rhône with the Canal du Midi at Sète.

Features

The village contains a church, three large houses (Mas Beata, Mas du Notaire and Mas de Mourgues), a bakers, a small supermarket and two bar/restaurants, a bullfight arena, a camp site,[1] a cooperative winery[2] and the Van Gogh school for younger children.

At Gallician is the start of the Via Rhôna, a new long-distance cycle path which follows the Rhône, and links the village to Palavat-les-Flots in Hérault.

References

  1. ^ Mas de Mourgues camp site Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 2007
  2. ^ Cave pilote de Gallician at Vins-Rhone accessed August 2007

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