Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie

Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. The town is the home of the Museum of Mediterranean Pottery and has 25 ceramic workshops. In 2021 it hosted Terralha, the European festival of ceramic arts.

WWW saintquentinlapoterie.fr

History

The suffix Poterie was added to the town's name in 1886 following a decree signed by Jules Grévy, then President of the French Republic.

Personalities

Joseph Monier, the inventor of reinforced concrete used in construction, was born in the village in 1823. The town's marketplace has a reinforced concrete covering.