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Nimes

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Occitanie, France
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About Nimes

Nimes is a town in the Occitanie region of southern France. It is the capital of the Gard branch. Nimes is positioned among the Mediterranean Sea and the Cevennes mountains. The predicted population of Nimes is 146,709 2012.Dubbed the most Roman city outdoor Italy, Nimes has a wealthy history courting returned to the Roman Empire when the town became a local capital, and home to 50,000–60,000 people. Several famous monuments are in Nimes, which include the Nimes Arena and the Maison Carree. Because of this, Nimes is often known as the French Rome.The city derives its call from that of a spring within the Roman village.

The present day coat of hands of the town of Nimes consists of a crocodile chained to a palm tree with the inscription COL NEM, for Colonia Nemausus, meaning the colony or settlement of Nemausus, the neighborhood Celtic god of the Volcae Arecomici. Veterans of the Roman legions who had served Julius Caesar in his Nile campaigns, on the cease of 15th years of soldiering, have been given plots of land to domesticate on the obvious of Nimes.The city was located on the Via Domitia, a Roman road constructed in 118 BC which connected Italy with Spain.

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