Gard

For other uses, see Gard (disambiguation).

Gard
Department of France
From top down, left to right: Pont du Gard, prefecture building in Nîmes, Cévennes and Arena of Nîmes
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Gard in France
Coordinates: 44°7′41″N 4°4′54″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Prefecture	Nîmes
Subprefectures	Alès Le Vigan
Government
• President of the Departmental Council	Françoise Laurent-Perrigot (PS)
Area 1
• Total	5,853 km2 (2,260 sq mi)
Population  (2023)
• Total	770,940
• Rank	32nd
• Density	131.7/km2 (341.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	FR-30
Department number	30
Arrondissements	3
Cantons	23
Communes	350
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Gard (French pronunciation: [ɡaʁ] ^ⓘ) is a department in Southern France, located in the region of Occitania. It had a population of 770,940 as of 2023; its prefecture is Nîmes.

The department is named after the river Gardon. In recent decades of the twenty-first century, local administration and French speakers have returned to the original Occitan name of the river, Gard (Occitan pronunciation: [gaɾ]). It is part of a revival of Occitan culture.