Poulx is a village overlooking the surrounding plain. It is located only 12 km northeast of Nimes.
In ancient times, a Gallo-Roman villa is built on the territory of Poulx. Its proximity to the Roman aqueduct and Domitian making it a very busy place.
The tell invasions "barbaric" after this period of prosperity bring local people to take refuge in the hills, in the middle of scrubland. A chapel built dry stone becomes the new core Poulx around which the population is concentrated.
In the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth century Poulx again saw a period of development.
The Church of St. Michael was built in the eleventh century on the site of the old chapel.
In 1577 it was destroyed by the Protestant troops and rebuilt in 1618. It is regularly occupied by Protestants and Catholics before they do dislodged in 1629 through the roof.
On 13 January 1703 the Camisards burned and looted the church and 14 houses in the village.
The St. Michael's Church is listed building in 1973.
Today Poulx is a very nice town to visit. It allows many shots of the surrounding scrubland.
