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Who was the chair of Aimargues in Jul 1944?
Aimargues Aimargues ( ) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France . The town of Aimargues may have Roman origins and is situated beside the river Vidourle on the floodplain of the Rhône . Traditionally it has been an agricultural and wine-producing community but it now also has a number of new industries and employers who benefit from excellent road connections to the north of France as well as to Spain and Italy . Geography . Located some to the southwest of Nîmes , close to the border with the Hérault department , Aimargues can be easily accessed from the nearby Autoroute A9 . Aimargues also has a railway station on the line from Saint-Césaire to Le Grau-du-Roi . The Petite Camargue is an area of wetlands on the west side of the delta of the Rhône River in southern France . Aimargues is a small town in the Petite Camargue beside the River Vidourle which rises in the Cévennes Mountains to the northwest . Some 6,000 years BC much of the interior of the Petite Carmargue was occupied by a lagoon , l’étang de l’or , which was separated from the sea by a sandy bar . Since then the lake has become progressively silted up . The countryside around Aimargues is flat and the soil is rich , being accumulated sediment brought down the River Rhône and deposited in its delta and surrounding area during flooding . As well as agricultural land there are levees , creeks , marshes , brackish ponds , lagoons and dunes in the area . History . The suffix argues suggests that the town of Aimargues has been in existence since antiquity . It was probably named after the Roman military commander Flavius Armatus . It is unclear when exactly Aimargues castle was built but it was in existence before 1185 . King Louis IX is said to have set out for the Crusades from the town . In the 13th century , a census showed that the town had become a bustling community with 522 homes , indicating a population of over 2,000 people . In 1565 , the area came under the rule of the house of Crussol and Viscount dUzès made it one of the main strongholds of the Lower Vistrenque . Louis XIII ordered the destruction of the city walls . In the early 18th century , Jean Charles de Crussol included Baron dAymargues among his titles . The town has developed from an initial central core . This is self-contained and not traversed by routes extending from one side of the town to the other . It was originally surrounded by the city wall , has the château in its northwest corner and the church , reconstructed in the nineteenth century , in its centre . This ancient part is surrounded by another zone that also has tightly packed houses and narrow streets . The outer suburbs are modern . Landmarks . The Commune of Aimargues has several buildings of historic interest : - The Château de Teillan located 2 km to the south of the village is an old Roman castrum originally called Villa Telliamis . It subsequently belonged to Psalmody Abbey before it was acquired by the Bornier family . Todays building dates from the second half of the 16th century with some 17th-century additions . It became a listed historic monument in 1992 . - The Mas de Malherbes , property of the Ménard-Dorian family , linked to the Victor Hugo one . - The former 17th-century parish church was converted into an indoor market at the end of the 19th century . Now known as the Salle Georges Brassens , it is used as an exhibition centre . The village also has schools , nurseries , a library , a youth centre and an adult leisure centre . There is a bullfighting arena where the course camarguaise takes place . In the traditional fights held here , the bull is not killed but an unarmed raseteur attempts to snatch a rosette from between its horns . Economy . While agriculture and wine production are still important contributors to the local economy , more recent players such as Royal Canin , the dog and cat food producer , Itesoft , a software company , and the underwear company Éminence are also important employers , benefitting from easy access to the motorway with connections to Italy and Spain as well as to the north of France . Mayors . - Under French Revolution : - Jean-Baptiste Lancry de La Loyelle , first mayor elected ( moderate , January–October 1790 ) ; - Charles Carbonnier ( moderate , November 1790-November 1791 ) ; - Marc-Antoine Boissier ( moderate , November 1791-December 1792 ) ; - Pierre Boissière senior ( moderate , December 1792-October 1793 ) ; - Pierre Fontanès ( jacobin , October 1793-May 1795 ) ; - Guillaume Carbonnier junior ( moderate , May 1795-1800 ) ; - Under Consulate and French Empire : - Antoine Prouzet junior ( moderate , May 1800-September 1805 ) ; - Jean-Baptiste Roussellier ( moderate , September 1805 ; - Pierre Paulet ( 1805-1808 ) ; - Antoine Prouzet junior ( moderate , 1808-January 1813 ) ; - Étienne de Bonafoux ( ultraroyalist , January 1813-April 1815 ) ; - Guillaume Carbonnier-Bousquet ( moderate , April–July 1815 ) ; - Under the Bourbon Restoration : - Étienne de Bonafoux ( ultraroyalist , July 1815-February 1819 ) ; - Jean-Baptiste Roussellier ( liberal , March 1819-January 1824 ) ; - Louis-Auguste de Galhaut ( royalist , January 1924-October 1830 ) ; - Under the July Monarchy : - Étienne de Besson ( moderate royalist , October 1830-January 1831 ) ; - Jean-Pierre Prouzet ( orleanist , January 1831-December 1832 ) ; - Guillaume Carbonnier-Bousquet ( liberal , January 1833-March 1837 ) ; - Pierre Gautier ( royalist , July–October 1837 ) ; - Léonce Allut ( orleanist , June 1838-February 1848 ) ; - Maurice de Cray ( royalist , March 1848-? ) ; - From 1848 to 1905 ( Second and Third Republic ) : to complete - From 1905 to 1944 : - Léon Fontanieu ( socialist , March 1905-October 1907 ) ; - Louis Barbusse ( socialist , December 1907-May 1908 ) ; - Jean Joujou ( anarcho-syndicalist , May 1908-October 1910 ) ; - Barbier , leader of the municipal commission ( independent politician , November 1910-January 1911 ) ; - Louis Pioch ( socialist , 1911-? ) ; - Augustin Pourreau ( royalist , until 1919 ) ; - Pierre Jalabert ( 1919 ) ; - Augustin Pourreau ( Action Française , v . 1920-1944 ) ; - Since Liberation : - Leaders of the Comité de Libération : - Jean Jourdan ( Anarchist , 1944 ) ; - René Bernard ( 1944 ) ; - Louis Guiraud ( independent politician , 1944 ) ; - Roger de Lestrade , temporary mayor ( 1945 ) ; - Joseph Chatellier ( PCF , 1945–1963 ) ; - Albert Fontanieu ( SFIO , 1963–1977 ) ; - René Dupont ( PCF , 1977–1989 ) ; - Jean Bruchet ( Parti Socialiste , 1989–2008 ) ; - Jean-Paul Franc ( independent politician , since March 2008 ) . Sport . The communes football team is the Stade Olympique of Aimargues ( SOA ) . In the beginning of may a famous international tournament take place every year . The local rugby team is Aimargues Rugby Club also named the Raouba-vesso . There are in Aimargues two stadiums : Baptistin Guigues Stadium and René Duponts Stadium ( former Bella Vistas Stadium ) ; to equestrian centres ; and the arena Léopold Dupont . Media . Aimargues has its own newspaper : Aimargues le journal , created in 2008 . Aimargues is also covered by the daily newspaper Midi Libre , by the local television TV SUD Camargue Cévennes et by France 3 Suds programs . Religion . There are Catholic and Protestant churches in Aimargues . The catholic parishes are parts of the deanery of Vauvert and the Diocese of Nîmes . The mass is assumed by deanerys desservants priests . The Reformed Church of France maintains the Ensemble paroissial de Aimargues . Education . The public maternelle ( preschool/nursery ) is École Ventadour . The public primary school is École élémentaire publique Guillierme F . The collège ( junior high school ) serving the community is Collège de Gallargues-le-Montueux , located in Gallargues-le-Montueux . In addition to Aimargues and Gallargues-le-Montueux , it also serves Aigues-Vives . It opened in September 2014 . it has about 600 students . There is also a private Catholic elementary school in Aimargues , École élémentaire privée Notre Dame des Gardians . Notable residents . - Georges de Coursule , baron de Saint-Rémy . - Pierre Melchior dAzémar ( or dAdhémar ) , prefect of Var . - Louis-Étienne Ricard , politician . - Jean-César Vincens-Plauchut , politician . - François Joseph Pamphile de Lacroix ( 1774-1841 ) , general . - François-Isidore de Ricard , Louis-Étienne son , politician . - Paulin dAnglas de Praviel . - Charles de Surville , politician . - Paul Ménard-Dorian , politician . - Pauline Ménard-Dorian , writer , Marcel Prousts muse . - Fanfonne Guillierme , manadière . - Jean Jourdan , a.k.a . Chocho , anarchist militant . - Gaston Bêchard , socialist militant , syndicalist . - Michel Stahl , compagnon de la Libération , pastor of the Reformed Church . - Léopold Dupont , raseteur . - Pierre Torreilles , writer , poet , editor . - Jean-François Galéa , painter . - Michel Mathes , a.k.a . Michel Falguières , writer . - Thierry Félix , raseteur . - Laurent Pit , humorist .