Aramon
Commune
A view of Aramon
Coat of arms
Location of Aramon
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Coordinates: 43°53′31″N 4°40′54″E / 43.8919°N 4.6816°E / 43.8919; 4.6816
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Beaucaire
Intercommunality	Pont du Gard
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Pascale Prat[1]
Area 1	31.16 km2 (12.03 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2021)[2]	4,127
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30012 /30390
Elevation	7–155 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.

Population

Personalities

It was the birthplace of Henri Pitot (1695–1771), hydraulic engineer and the inventor of the Pitot tube.

Economy

At Aramon, there is a thermal power station consisting of 2 units a 700 MW. The chimney of the facility is 252 metres high, the highest in Europe.