Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie

|commune status = Commune

|image = Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie (30) - Mairie.JPG

|caption = Town hall

|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie (30).svg

|arrondissement = Nîmes

|canton = Uzès

|INSEE = 30295

|postal code = 30700

|mayor = Yvon Bonzi{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality =

|coordinates = {{coord|44.046|4.442|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 115

|elevation min m = 82

|elevation max m = 272

|area km2 = 24.06

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃ kɑ̃tɛ̃ la pɔtʁi}}; {{langx|oc|Sent Quentin de la Terralha}}) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. The town is the home of the Museum of Mediterranean Pottery and has 25 ceramic workshops. In 2021 it hosted Terralha, the European festival of ceramic arts.{{cite news |last=Mille |first=Catherine |url=https://www.midilibre.fr/2021/07/17/festival-de-la-ceramique-a-saint-quentin-la-poterie-9677865.php |title=Festival de la céramique à Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie |language=French |trans-title=Ceramic Festival in Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie |work=Midi Libre |date=2021-07-17 |accessdate=2021-08-17 }}

History

The suffix Poterie ({{langx|en|pottery}}) was added to the town's name in 1886 following a decree signed by Jules Grévy, then President of the French Republic.{{cite web | url = http://www.saintquentinlapoterie.fr/pageContent.aspx?id=220 | title = SAINT-QUENTIN-LA-POTERIE, UN VILLAGE CHARGE D'HISTOIRE | access-date = 2012-10-13 | language = fr | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100810145939/http://www.saintquentinlapoterie.fr/pageContent.aspx?id=220 | archive-date = 10 Aug 2010}}

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-30295#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |1356

|1975 |1510

|1982 |1753

|1990 |2290

|1999 |2731

|2007 |2892

|2012 |2956

|2017 |3054

}}

Personalities

Joseph Monier, the inventor of reinforced concrete used in construction, was born in the village in 1823. The town's marketplace has a reinforced concrete covering.

See also

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