Aramon, Gard

Commune in Occitanie, France

Commune in Occitania, France

(2022–2026) Pascale Prat^[1]Area31.16 km² (12.03 sq mi)Population4,127 • Density130/km² (340/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation7–155 m (23–509 ft)
(avg. 10 m or 33 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aramon (French pronunciation: [aʁamɔ̃]; Occitan: Aramon) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France near Avignon.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,826	—
1975	1,951	+0.95%
1982	3,027	+6.48%
1990	3,344	+1.25%
1999	3,773	+1.35%
2007	3,840	+0.22%
2012	3,920	+0.41%
2017	4,238	+1.57%
Source: INSEE[3]

Aramon was the birthplace of Henri Pitot (1695–1771), hydraulic engineer and inventor of the Pitot tube, and Shirine Boukli (b. 1999), Olympic judoka. International footballer Younès Belhanda was born in nearby Avignon and raised in Aramon.

From 1977 until 2016, a thermal power station was operated in Aramon by EDF. It was converted into a photovoltaic power station in 2019. The chimney of the former facility was 252 metres tall, the highest in Europe and one of the tallest structures in France.

• Communes of the Gard department