Uchaud

Uchaud is a Commune Frenchwoman, located in the department of the Gard and the area Languedoc-Roussillon.

Geography

History

The name of the village comes from the deformation of the inscription engraved on the milliary Borne still visible nowadays which marked out the Voie Domitienne at this place: " AD OCTAVUM LAPIDUM" , " with the eighth pierre".

Octavum became " Uchaud".

In 1384, the Tuchins are crushed in Uchaud by the duke of Berry.

Administration

elected official since 1989 Christian eymard

Demography

Places and monuments

the milliary Terminal of the Way Domitienne on the road of Bernis.
the mill of Aouro in the Scrubland.

Personalities related to the commune

Robert of Jolly lived the commune of Uchaud: inventor of modern speleology, it worked as engineer with the Perrier source. Its residence is an imposing masonry in a park located beside the town hall. The old main road crossing the village is called henceforth which occurred Robert of Jolly.

See too

Articles of Wikipédia

Common of Gard
Old communes of Gard
the Community of communes Rhôny Vistre Vidourle

External bonds

Uchaud on the site of the national geographical Institute
Uchaud on the site of INSEE
Uchaud on the site of Quid
Localization of Uchaud on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Uchaud on Mapquest

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