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Mialet, Gard

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Gard

Canton
  
Saint-Jean-du-Gard

Area
  
30.76 km²

Region
  
Occitanie

Arrondissement
  
Alès

Intercommunality
  
Grand Alès

Local time
  
Monday 4:34 PM

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Weather
  
20°C, Wind S at 11 km/h, 51% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Grotte de Trabuc, Musée du Désert, Zone Périphérique du Parc National des Cévennes

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

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Map of 30140 Mialet, France

It lies close to Alès and Saint-Jean-du-Gard.

The commune includes the hamlet of Mas Soubeyran, centre of the Protestant resistance during the 16th century.

Sights

  • Bridge, the Pont des camisards
  • Mas Soubeyran, known for its annual Protestant gatherings
  • Personalities

    Rolland, or Rolland Laporte, from his real name Pierre Laporte, born 3 January 1680, died 14 April 1704, was a Camisard chief in the Cévennes, nicknamed «le Général des enfants de Dieu» (general of the children of God). His birth house is now the Musée du Désert.

    References

    Mialet, Gard Wikipedia