Aubord

Commune in Occitanie, France

Commune in Occitania, France

Aubord
Commune
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Location of Aubord Map
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Coordinates: 43°45′28′′N 4°18′47′′E / 43.7578°N 4.3131°E / 43.7578; 4.3131
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Vauvert
Intercommunality	CC Petite Camargue
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	André Brundu^[1]
Area ¹	9.42 km² (3.64 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	2,296
• Density	240/km² (630/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30020 /30620
Elevation	17–64 m (56–210 ft) (avg. 14 m or 46 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aubord (French pronunciation: [obɔʁ] ; Occitan: Aubòrn) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Aubord is situated 15 km (9.3 mi) southwest of Nîmes.

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	292	—
1975	483	+7.45%
1982	791	+7.30%
1990	1,607	+9.26%
1999	1,910	+1.94%
2007	2,360	+2.68%
2012	2,401	+0.35%
2017	2,375	−0.22%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Personalities

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The Franco-German geographer Christophe Neff has lived several years in Aubord. During this time he considered Aubord as his Home harbor in France.^[4] In his blog he compared Aubord to the fictional village Macondo.^[5]