Ales

Ales is a collective in the Gard division in the Occitanie locale in southern France. It is one of the sub-prefectures of the office. It was once known as Alais. Ales lies 40 kilometers north-northwest of Nimes, on the left bank of the Gardon River, which half encompasses it. It is situated at the foot of the Cevennes, close to the Cevennes National Park. Ales is the focal point of a mining area and hosts the Ecole des mines d'Ales. The town is a standout amongst the most imperative markets for crude silk and covers in the south of France, and the Gardon supplies capacity to various silk-factories.

It is likewise the focal point of a mineral field, which yields huge amounts of coal, iron, zinc and lead; its impact heaters, foundries, glass-works and designing works manage the cost of work to numerous laborers. Ales might be the cutting edge successor of Arisitum, where, in around 570, Sigebert, King of Austrasia, made a church district. In his crusade against the Visigoths, the Merovingian ruler Theudebert I 533– 548 vanquished some portion of the region of the Diocese of Nimes. The ward vanished in the 8th century with the triumph of the entire of Septimania by the Franks. No longer a private ministerial office, Arisitum is today recorded by the Catholic Church as a main see.