Nimes. Nīmes is a city in the Occitanie region of southern France.
It is the capital of the Gard department. Nīmes is located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Cévennes mountains.
The estimated population of Nīmes is 151,001. Dubbed the most Roman city outside Italy, Nīmes has a rich history dating back to the Roman Empire when the city was a regional capital, and home to 50,00060,000 people.
Several famous monuments are in Nīmes, such as the Arena of Nīmes and the Maison Carrée. Because of this, Nīmes is often referred to as the French Rome.
The city derives its name from that of a spring in the Roman village. The contemporary coat of arms of the city of Nīmes includes a crocodile chained to a palm tree with the inscription COL NEM, for Colonia Nemausus, meaning the colony or settlement of Nemausus, the local Celtic god of the Volcae Arecomici. Veterans of the Roman legions who had served Julius Caesar in his Nile campaigns, at the end of fifteen years of soldiering, were given plots of land to cultivate on the plain of Nīmes. The city was located on the Via Domitia, a Roman road constructed in 118 BC which connected Italy with Spain. Its name appears in inscriptions in Gaulish as dede matrebo Namausikabo = he has given to the mothers of Nīmes and toutios Namausatis = citizen of Nīmes. The site on which the built-up area of Nīmes has become established in the course of centuries
It is the capital of the Gard department. Nīmes is located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Cévennes mountains.
The estimated population of Nīmes is 151,001. Dubbed the most Roman city outside Italy, Nīmes has a rich history dating back to the Roman Empire when the city was a regional capital, and home to 50,00060,000 people.
Several famous monuments are in Nīmes, such as the Arena of Nīmes and the Maison Carrée. Because of this, Nīmes is often referred to as the French Rome.
The city derives its name from that of a spring in the Roman village. The contemporary coat of arms of the city of Nīmes includes a crocodile chained to a palm tree with the inscription COL NEM, for Colonia Nemausus, meaning the colony or settlement of Nemausus, the local Celtic god of the Volcae Arecomici. Veterans of the Roman legions who had served Julius Caesar in his Nile campaigns, at the end of fifteen years of soldiering, were given plots of land to cultivate on the plain of Nīmes. The city was located on the Via Domitia, a Roman road constructed in 118 BC which connected Italy with Spain. Its name appears in inscriptions in Gaulish as dede matrebo Namausikabo = he has given to the mothers of Nīmes and toutios Namausatis = citizen of Nīmes. The site on which the built-up area of Nīmes has become established in the course of centuries
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