Alzon

This article is about a French commune. For the French churchman, see Emmanuel d'Alzon.

Alzon
Coat of arms
Alzon
Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region Alzon
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Le Vigan
Canton	Alzon
Intercommunality	Pays Viganais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Roger Laurens
Area1	27.48 km2 (10.61 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	223
• Density	8.1/km2 (21/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	30009 / 30770
Elevation	502–1,414 m (1,647–4,639 ft) (avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Alzon is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

The commune is located in the south of the Cévennes National Park, in the upper Vis river valley.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	800	—
1800	832	+4.0%
1806	1,028	+23.6%
1821	999	−2.8%
1831	1,075	+7.6%
1836	1,055	−1.9%
1841	1,093	+3.6%
1846	1,065	−2.6%
1851	1,002	−5.9%
1856	952	−5.0%
1861	942	−1.1%
1866	972	+3.2%
1872	882	−9.3%
1876	838	−5.0%
1881	916	+9.3%
1886	1,746	+90.6%
1891	1,031	−41.0%
1896	744	−27.8%
1901	683	−8.2%
1906	665	−2.6%
1911	623	−6.3%
1921	517	−17.0%
1926	508	−1.7%
1931	518	+2.0%
1936	457	−11.8%
1946	383	−16.2%
1954	339	−11.5%
1962	358	+5.6%
1968	280	−21.8%
1975	237	−15.4%
1982	201	−15.2%
1990	183	−9.0%
1999	211	+15.3%
2008	223	+5.7%

Sights

• Arboretum de Cazebonne

See also

• Communes of the Gard department

References

• INSEE