BEAUCAIRE, town in France, department of Gard, 17m. E. by S. of Nimes on the P.L.M. railway. Pop. (1931), Beaucaire is on the right bank of the lower Rhone, opposite Tarascon, with which it is connected by a suspension-bridge 1,476ft. long, and by a railway bridge. A triangular keep, a small late Romanesque chapel and other remains of the castle (13th and 14th centuries) of the counts of Toulouse stand on the rocky pine clad hill which rises abruptly from the Rhone and is cut off by a deep cleft landward. A great July fair, held here annually since the 12th century, is now of little importance save for leather goods (see FAIR). Beaucaire occupies the site of the ancient Ugernum, and several Roman remains have been discovered. The present name is derived from the mediaeval term Bellum Quad rum, used for the castle or its rock. In 1125 Beaucaire came into the possession of the counts of Toulouse, one of whom established the importance of its fairs by the grant of privileges. In the Wars of the League it suffered severely, and in 1632 its castle was de stroyed by Richelieu. The Beaucaire canal communicates with Aigues-Mortes and the Canal du Midi. The town is an important river port, trading in wine and freestone.