P.S.

If you would like to see the city of Nîmes relative to France, you can look at it on Google Earth:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=N%C3%AEmes,+France&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title

Zoom out and look at the green arrow to see it relative to France or Europe. Or you can zoom in a little and find Boissieres slightly down to the left of Nîmes. If you zoom in enough you can even spot the street I'm living on, Chemin de Cougoul.