Located in southern France, with a narrow output to the Mediterranean, Garddepartment was named after the River Gardon, and the Occitan name of the river has been replacing the French name of the department in recent decades, even among French speakers. It does have distinctly Languedoc qualities, such as the high number of historical sites, the bull fights at Nimes, and its dramatic landscapes. In fact, it's in the Gard that the move away from the Mediterranean into a more continental, mountainous landscape begins.
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