Saint-Quentin-the-Pottery

Saint-Quentin-the-Pottery is a common French, located in the department of the Gard and the area Languedoc-Roussillon.

Its inhabitants are called Saint-Quentinois

Geography

Saint-Quentin-the-Pottery is a picturesque small village. It on the spot holds its name with the number of potters present. This village belongs to the inter-commune sector of " Uzege" not far from Uzès.

History

On the commune is the shelter of Valorgues , site éponyme of the Valorguien, a cultural facies of the Préhistoire, more precisely of the Épipaléolithique.

Administration

Demography

ImageSize = width: 250 height: 200 PlotArea = left: 40 right: 10 signal: 10 bottom: 20 TimeAxis = orientation: horizontal AlignBars = justify Colors = id: gray1 been worth: Gray (0.9) DateFormat = yyyy Period = from: 1960 till: 2010 ScaleMajor = links: year increment: 10 start: 1960 PlotData = bar: 3900 color: gray1 width: 1 from: start till: end bar: 2600 color: gray1 from: start till: end bar: 1300 color: gray1 from: start till: end bar: 0 color: gray1 LineData = to bush-hammer: face points: (48,79) (84,79) color: blue width: 2 #1962 early 1968. Inwonertal 1962:1349 1968:1356 points: (84,79) (100,86) color: blue width: 2 #1975: 1510 points: (100,86) (128,96) color: blue width: 2 #1982: 1753 points: (128,96) (160,120) color: blue width: 2 #1990: 2290 points: (160,120) (196,139) color: blue width: 2 #1999: 2731

Activities

There is a market of producers every Friday mornings on the place of the market, as well as an old red brick factory which was renovated recently (2004).

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

Joseph Monier (1823-1906), native of Saint-Quentin-The-Pottery, is regarded as the inventor of the reinforced concrete.

Nicolas Navarro (1985), Author/Type-setter/Interpreter

See too

External bonds

  • www.saintquentinlapoterie.fr Internet site

  • Saint-Quentin-the-Pottery on the site of the national geographical Institute

  • Saint-Quentin-the-Pottery on the site of INSEE
  • Saint-Quentin-the-Pottery on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Saint-Quentin-the-Pottery on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Saint-Quentin-the-Pottery on Mapquest

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