Aigues‐Mortes (English spelling)

Japanese: エーグ・モルト(英語表記)Aigues‐Mortes
Aigues‐Mortes (English spelling)
A fortified town in the Gard department in southeastern France since the Middle Ages. Population 4,100 (1982). It is about 30 km south of Nîmes and close to the Mediterranean Sea. Aigues-Mortes means "dead waters" and is named after the inland waters of a lagoon that connects the Camargue region to the east. In 1240, Capetian King Louis IX (Saint Louis) purchased the land and had a castle built. At the time, Louis' sphere of influence was in northern France, and he lacked a foothold on the Mediterranean Sea, so he considered the area important as a base.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
フランス南東部,ガール県にある中世以来の城砦都市。人口4100(1982)。ニームの南方約30km,地中海に近い。エーグ・モルトとは〈死んだ水〉の意であり,東方に広がるカマルグ地方につらなる潟湖の内水に由来する。1240年,カペー朝国王ルイ9世(聖ルイ)が,この地を買収し城郭を建設させた。当時,ルイの王権はフランス北部を勢力範囲としており,地中海への足がかりを欠いていたため,この地を基地として重視した。

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