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23-610: Le Vigan or Vigan may refer to: Places in France [ edit ] Le Vigan, Gard , in the Gard department Le Vigan, Lot , in the Lot department Saint-Étienne-du-Vigan , previously called Vigan-d'Allier, in the Haute-Loire department People [ edit ] Robert Le Vigan (1900-1972), French actor Topics referred to by

46-676: A part known as Septimania which included Le Vigan, and they retained control despite attempts in 586 and 589 by the Frankish ( Merovingian ) King Guntram to conquer the area from the north. In 587 the region came under Catholic rule with the conversion of the Visigoth king Reccared I . In 719, the Moor Al-Samh conquered Septimania and the Franks struggled to take it back over the next several decades. By 780, Charlemagne had conquered

69-673: A part of the ancient region is today known as Provence . The King Luernius was mentioned in writing by the Greek ethnographer Posidonius . Luernius was known to have scattered gold and silver coins to his followers while riding in his chariot. Under Luernius, the Arverni were at the head of a formidable Gallic military hegemony which stretched from the Rhine to the Atlantic coast. They joined Bellovesus ' migrations towards Italy, together with

92-550: Is a latinized form of Gaulish * Aruernoi ( sing. * Aruernos ). Its etymology remains unclear. Pierre-Yves Lambert has suggested to interpret it as "those who are above", by decomposing the name as * ar(e)-uer-no - (cf. Latin supernus ). Alternatively, a connection with the Gaulish stem * uernā - (" alder "; c.f. French vergne , Occitan verne ) has also been proposed. The region of Auvergne , attested in 511 as ecclesiae Arvenicae ( pagus Arvenicus or pago Alvernio in

115-592: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Le Vigan, Gard Le Vigan ( French pronunciation: [lə viɡɑ̃] ; Occitan : Lo Vigan ) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France . It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Le Vigan is located at the south of the Massif Central and near the Mont Aigoual , in

138-650: The Aedui , Ambarri , Aulerci , Carnutes and Senones . The Arverni later played an important role in the Gallic Wars of Julius Caesar from 58 BC to 51 BC. At first the Arvenian nobles tried to avoid confronting Caesar during his early incursions. They executed the leader Celtillus , evidently for trying to gain sovereignty over all the Gauls. In 52 BC, Celtillus' son Vercingetorix rallied his supporters to fight

161-882: The Arre valley. The town is on the southern edge of the Cévennes National Park and is the most populous town within the park. Le Vigan has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate ( Köppen climate classification Csa ). The average annual temperature in Le Vigan is 13.7 °C (56.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,494.8 mm (58.85 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 22.6 °C (72.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.2 °C (43.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Le Vigan

184-852: The Lemovices and Petrocorii , south of the Bituriges Cubi and Aedui , north of the Ruteni , Cadurci and Vellavi , and west of the Segusiavi and Ambarri . The Arverni are known to have had the most powerful tribal hegemony in Gaul during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC under their kings, Luernius , and his son Bituitus . Their power was based on strong metallurgic technologies and weapons, elaborated and rich agriculture and catering, mining, trade and military dominance over their neighbours with tributes paid to them. But when Arverni king Bituitus

207-597: The 9th c., Alvernhe ca. 1071–1127) is named after the Gallic tribe. It is assumed that the pre-Roman territory of the Arverni roughly corresponded to the limits of the Roman-era civitas Arvernorum , later inherited by the early medieval Diocese of Clermont . Their territory thus would have encompassed the modern departements of Puy-de-Dôme and Cantal , parts of Haute-Loire and Allier , as well as small areas of Creuse , Loire and Aveyron . They dwelled east of

230-522: The Arverni were at the head of an extensive empire. After Bituitus was defeated by Domitius Ahenobarbus and Fabius Maximus in 121 BC, the Arvernian empire was reduced to suzerainty over some neighbouring tribes. In 52 BC, during the Gallic Wars , the Arvernian chief Vercingetorix led the Gallic revolt against the armies of Caesar . After an initial victory at the Battle of Gergovia , Vercingetorix

253-549: The Gergovia battle against Julius Caesar and his cavalry did marvels in pursuing the Roman troops. Having earlier split his forces, Caesar awaited their return while receiving supplies from allied Gauls. Vercingetorix was then defeated by Caesar at the Battle of Alesia , after several months where the legions built 14 ranges of military equipment around the city to lay siege upon the Gallic soldiers. After several weeks of support from

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276-506: The Romans gained control of much of southern France including the area around Le Vigan. The Volcae Arecomici voluntarily surrendered their territory, and the Arverni gave up much territory in a treaty that nevertheless preserve their independence. Under Roman control, Le Vigan was part of the Roman "Provincia," (hence Provence ) called Gallia Narbonensis . Le Vigan is supposed to occupy

299-409: The Romans, but was expelled from Gergovia by the nobles, including his uncle Gobanitio. He then raised a great army in the country, and returned to the city where he ejected his opponents and was declared king. This accomplished, Vercingetorix forged an alliance with at least 15 Gallic tribes, requesting the presence of sons of chiefs to prove their alliance. He then led the majority of the Gauls and won

322-594: The entire territory. Le Vigan is on the site of an ancient Roman town which may be "Vindomagus", but it is not certain. There is a spring called "la source d' Isis ," which has provided water to the city since at least 1069 and which was named in honor of the Roman goddess . The town was destroyed during the Moorish invasion of Provence. As with many towns in the Cévennes , there were many textile industries there in

345-457: The historical record between 121 BC and 52 BC, and they may have adopted a constitutional oligarchy at this time. However, there were at least two later attempts to re-establish rulership by Celtillus and Vercingetorix . The defeat of the Arverni under Bituitus led directly to the establishment of Gallia Narbonensis as a Roman province , referred to simply as the Provincia so often that

368-573: The past. Several quarries south of town above Montdardier were formerly important sources of lithographic limestone . Stone from these quarries earned an honorable mention in the Great Exhibition of 1851. Le Vigan is a tourist destination during summer time. [REDACTED] Media related to Le Vigan (Gard) at Wikimedia Commons Arverni They are mentioned in 207 BC as treating with Carthaginian commandant Hasdrubal Barca . Headed by their chiefs Luernius and Bituitus ,

391-503: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Le Vigan . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Le_Vigan&oldid=679377420 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

414-488: The site of the old Gallo-Roman town of Vindomagus. The name implies that a Celtic population was settled there. "Magh" signifies meadow or plain, and "vindo" is the Latin form given to the word we find in so many places to signify open country, wind-swept, surt-scorched, rambled over by sheep,... No descriptive appellation could better suit Le Vigan. The Visigoths took control of the western half of Gallia Narbonensis in 462 CE,

437-470: The western Gallic people with large numbers of troops coming to support Vercingetorix from outside the city, the Gauls were close to merging the inner and outer forces on 2 occasions. When the outer forces decided to depart, Vercingetorix decided to surrender himself to the Romans in order to save the people of Alesia. In the aftermath of the Gallic Wars the Arverni soldiers were pardoned and its senate

460-572: Was 44.0 °C (111.2 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.7 °C (7.3 °F) on 16 January 1985. On a river at the southern edge of the Massif Central , Le Vigan is situated on a natural boundaryline. In the 2nd-3rd centuries BCE, it was situated between the territories occupied by the Volcae Arecomici , the Averni , and the Gabali tribes. In 121 BCE

483-670: Was defeated by the Romans of Quintus Fabius and Gnaeus Ahenobarbus in 121 BC at the climactic Battle of the Isère River , their ascendancy passed to the Aedui and Sequani . Unlike the Allobroges , who were brought under direct Roman rule as a result of the Celtic wars of the 120s, the Arverni negotiated a treaty that preserved their independence, though their territory was diminished. No further Arvernian kings are mentioned in

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506-427: Was defeated by the Romans at the Battle of Alesia , after which the Arverni lost their power of suzerainty. They maintained however a status of civitas libera , and remained a prosperous tribe during the Roman period. Under emperor Augustus , their capital was moved from Gergovia to Augustonemetum (present-day Clermont-Ferrand ). Following Alemannic invasions of the region in the 3rd century AD, Clermont-Ferrand

529-546: Was reduced in size but remained an important centre during the later part of the Roman period. In 475, despite a heroic struggle led by their bishop, Sidonius Apollinaris , the Arvernian territory was eventually ceded to the Visigoths. They are mentioned as Arvernos by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC), Arvernorum by Livy (late-1st c. BC), A̓roúernoi (Ἀρούερνοι) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD), and as A̓rouernō͂n (Ἀρουερνῶν) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD). The ethnonym Arverni

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