Arveyres

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Arveyres
Arvèiras
Coat of arms of Arveyres
Arveyres (France)
Arveyres
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Libourne
Canton Le Libournais-Fronsadais
Community association Libournais
Coordinates 44 ° 53 ′  N , 0 ° 17 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 53 ′  N , 0 ° 17 ′  W
height 1-41 m
surface 17.27 km 2
Residents 1,960 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 113 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 33500
INSEE code
Website http://www.arveyres.com/

Town hall (Mairie) of Arveyres

Arveyres ( Occitan Arvèiras ) is a southwestern French community with 1,960 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Gironde in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Libourne and the canton of Le Libournais-Fronsadais (until 2015 Libourne ). The inhabitants are called Arveyrois .

geography

Arveyres is located about 26 kilometers east-northeast of Bordeaux on the Dordogne , which borders the municipality in the north, east and north-west. Arveyres is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Fronsac in the north, Libourne in the east, Génissac in the southeast, Cadarsac and Nérigean in the south, Saint-Germain-du-Puch in the southwest and Vayres in the west.

The A89 autoroute runs through the municipality .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 1605 1726 1757 1849 1819 1624 1789 1960
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

education

In the village is the Collège Jean-Auriac, which has had a school partnership with the Ortenburg high school in Oberviechtach in Bavaria since 2002 . There are regular student exchanges between the two schools .

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Arveyres

  • Ruins of the Arveyres Commandery
Ruin of the Commandery

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 877-878.

Web links

Commons : Arveyres  - collection of images, videos and audio files