Portes, Gard

Portes
Chateau
Coat of arms
Portes
Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region Portes
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Alès
Canton	Génolhac
Intercommunality	Pays Grand’Combien
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	René Doussières
Area1	14.42 km2 (5.57 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	362
• Density	25/km2 (65/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	30203 / 30530
Elevation	279–735 m (915–2,411 ft) (avg. 550 m or 1,800 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,351	—
1800	1,353	+0.1%
1806	1,385	+2.4%
1821	1,450	+4.7%
1831	939	−35.2%
1836	935	−0.4%
1841	945	+1.1%
1846	1,126	+19.2%
1851	1,169	+3.8%
1856	2,983	+155.2%
1861	2,512	−15.8%
1866	2,072	−17.5%
1872	1,128	−45.6%
1876	1,271	+12.7%
1881	1,142	−10.1%
1886	1,147	+0.4%
1891	1,189	+3.7%
1896	1,253	+5.4%
1901	1,103	−12.0%
1906	1,109	+0.5%
1911	1,108	−0.1%
1921	924	−16.6%
1926	979	+6.0%
1931	975	−0.4%
1936	930	−4.6%
1946	903	−2.9%
1954	787	−12.8%
1962	785	−0.3%
1968	579	−26.2%
1975	388	−33.0%
1982	369	−4.9%
1990	313	−15.2%
1999	310	−1.0%
2008	362	+16.8%

See also

• Communes of the Gard department
• Château de Portes

References

• INSEE