Le Grau-du-Roi
Le Grau-du-Roi | |
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A view of the port of Le Grau-du-Roi | |
Location of Le Grau-du-Roi | |
| Coordinates: 43°32′17″N 4°08′14″E / 43.5381°N 4.1372°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Nîmes |
| Canton | Aigues-Mortes |
| Intercommunality | Terre de Camargue |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Robert Crauste |
Area 1 | 54.73 km2 (21.13 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 8,513 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Graulen (masculine) Graulenne (feminine) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30133 /30240 |
| Elevation | 0–5 m (0–16 ft) (avg. 1 m or 3.3 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Le Grau-du-Roi (French pronunciation: [lə ɡʁo dy ʁwa]; Occitan: Lo Grau dau Rei) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It is the only commune in Gard to have a frontage on the Mediterranean. To the west is the Herault department and La Grande-Motte village, and to the east is the Bouches-du-Rhone department. Using the sea as a vantage point, the commune has four distinct sections: the right beach (Plage de Rive Droite), the Village, the left beach (Plage de Rive Gauche), Port-Camargue and L'Espiguette. Immediately landwards are the large shallow étangs, saline marshes, which separate it from Aigues Mortes, a neighboring mediaeval walled city that used to be a port. The étangs are home to numerous flamingoes.