Oppidum de Nages

The Oppidum de Nages or Oppidum des Castels is on a hilltop overlooking the valley called the Vaunage, above the village of Nages-et-Solorgues, in Gard, between Nîmes et Sommières, in Occitanie, France.

As the name suggests Nages, and the hill behind play a dominant rôle in the area.

Six oppida, dominated by that at Nages, were home to the Volques Arécomiques, who built them in the 8th century BC and remained there till the 1st century AD : The site was excavated and then partially restored, between 1958 and 1974 by the French archaeologist Michel Py.

The Volques first occupied the neighbouring Oppidum de Roque de Viou, then about 300 BCE moved into the larger Oppidum des Castel but abandoned it about 50 BCE moving into the Gallo-Roman settlement of Nemausis (Nimes).

The oppidium contained public buildings, roads, houses and shops a fanum(Gaulish temple).