Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon

Located in southern France in the Languedoc-Roussillon region.
The Gard dept. of Languedoc has a distinctly 'Provençal' feel to it - thanks to its sharing a border with both Provence and the famous 'Camargue' march region, famed for flamingoes, wild horses and bulls.
That said, the Gard does have distinctly Languedoc qualities - such as the high number of historical sites (Languedoc's history is far more interesting than Provence's), the Bull fights at Nimes, and its dramatic landscapes. In fact, it's in the Gard that the move away from the Mediterranean into a more continental, mountainous landscape begins. The weather cools the higher you climb, and the coarse river-stone villages so typical of Languedoc's Mediterranean departments (Herault, Aude and Pyrenees-Orientales) give way to tidy villages of cut-stone houses (limestone and granite).
It is named after the river Gardon (or Gard). Properties for sale in the department benefit from close proximity to tourist attractions such as the Cevennes massif crossed by hiking hills, the impressive Navacelles rock formations, the little Camargue, the famous Gard bridge and the Roman city of Nimes.

The TGV runs to Nimes providing easy access to the rest of the Mediterranean coast.