Villevieille | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville de Villevieille (30).svg |
Arrondissement: | Nîmes |
Canton: | Calvisson |
Insee: | 30352 |
Postal Code: | 30250 |
Mayor: | Cécile Marquier[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Pays de Sommières |
Coordinates: | 43.7894°N 4.0972°W |
Elevation M: | 61 |
Elevation Min M: | 23 |
Elevation Max M: | 106 |
Area Km2: | 8.28 |
Villevieille (pronounced as /fr/; oc|Vilavièlha) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
The village is located on the banks of the Vidourle.
The climate is hot-summer Mediterranean (Köppen: Csa).[2] On 28 June 2019, during the June 2019 European heat wave, the temperature reached 45.4C in Villevieille, briefly the highest in French meteorological history, before being surpassed by Gallargues-le-Montueux later the same day.[3] [4]