What is Alès?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Alès |commune status = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image = Cathédrale d'alès.JPG |caption = Alès [[Cathedral]] |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Ales (Gard).svg |arrondissement = Alès |canton = [[Canton of Alès-1|Alès-1]]<br />[[Canton of Alès-2|Alès-2]]<br />[[Canton of Alès-3|Alès-3]] |INSEE = 30007 |postal code = 30100 |mayor = Max Roustan<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Portail Alès Cévennes |title=Le conseil municipal au complet |url=http://www.alescevennes.fr/portal/portal/ac/mairie-ales/conseil-municipal/les-elus-de-la-ville |language=fr |access-date=16 March 2017 |archive-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422083750/http://www.alescevennes.fr/portal/portal/ac/mairie-ales/conseil-municipal/les-elus-de-la-ville |url-status=dead }}</ref> |term = 2014-2020 |intercommunality = Alès Agglomération |coordinates = {{coord|44.1281|4.0817|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 150 |elevation min m = 116 |elevation max m = 356 |area km2 = 23.16 |population_demonym = Alésiens |population = 39993 |population date = 2014 |website = [http://www.alescevennes.fr/ Mairie de Alès] }} '''Alès''' ({{lang-oc|Alès}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in south central [[France]] in the [[Regions of France|region]] of [[Occitanie]]. It is a [[Prefectures in France|subprefecture]] of the [[Gard]] [[Departments of France|department]]. It is also the [[Capital city|capital]] of the ''[[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]]'' of the same name. It was formerly known as ''Alais''. ==History== Since the creation of the Gard department on 4 March 1790, Alès has been a [[Prefectures in France|subprefecture]] of the department.<ref name=splaf>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.fr