Goudargues (French pronunciation: [ɡudaʁɡ]; Occitan: Godargues) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Known locally as the Venise Gardoise, because of the canal that flows through it centre. This is lined with pavement cafés and shaded by a two rows of mature plane trees.

The Romans are known to have been present in the locality. In AD 800, Benedictine monks from Aniane founded an abbey around the lake of Gordanicus. This lake, near the Cèze was fed by natural springs. It was this abbey that is the basis of modern Goudargues- and the settlements name is derived from Gordanicus.

The village of Goudargues is situated in the Cèze valley, to the north of the Gard department. Not too far from Avignon, the Pont du Gard, Uzès and Nîmes.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	637	—
1968	645	+1.3%
1975	612	−5.1%
1982	680	+11.1%
1990	788	+15.9%
1999	945	+19.9%
2008	1,021	+8.0%

• Communes of the Gard department

• Christian, M (1949). "Les ruines carolingiennes de Goudargues et le site militaire connexe du Castrum Planitium au pays d'Uzès". Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (in French). 93: 48–56. doi:10.3406/crai.1949.78363. Retrieved 23 September 2011.